You know you're in Chile when...

...the school day is put on hold so everyone can watch the World Cup. Yesterday, at 11:00 A.M. teachers and prinicipal set a TV up so the majority of the school could watch Argentina vs. Germany. (Germany won in overtime.) For the next two and half hours, everyone was gathered around the TV on the patio watching the game. The decision to show the game came as a surprise, but then I think about all the assemblies and fun things we had in school -- skits, shows, drama and opera presentations, the opportunity to go on field trips, and these kids don't ever have any of that. (Aside from the occasional lower school field trip.) It was neat to see it happen. And it beats last week's lice outbreak.