Ellen in Paraguay

The closest thing we get to snow days here are when it rains really hard and no one wants to walk to school. Although it was raining really hard last night, this morning it was only trickling, but still some students used it as an excuse to be late. I hope all my students come tomorrow to write the English exam even if it is raining. I used the occasion to teach the song “the wise man built his house upon the rock.” They especially understood the part where “the-floods-came-up,” because often a low street will get flooded and become impassable (see I think the second or third lastest entry in Ben’s blog www.suddenlysenor.blogspot.com). A girl in first grade lives just down the street, and her parent’ brought her in their bare feet so as to not soak their shoes; mom carrying the backpack and dad carrying the girl.