Tricks and Treats. . . .

Halloween may be an American holiday but. . . . . . . . this is America, correcto?

So some tricks-

I still think driving in Peru is amusing for multiple reasons.  This is one.

 

Right before this photo was taken, Eric said if you have a motorcycle in Mexico then you have a family car.  So there you go.

And yesterday at 2:44 p.m. another earthquake.  The third I have felt since I arrived.  I am thinking

 that is too much fun. Update:  And a fourth during the trunk or treat at the church.

 

And you know sometimes things just don't sound that good.

         

And some treats-

Emily only has school Monday and Friday this week, it is almost like Halloween is a holiday?

I met most of her teachers at parent teacher conference yesterday.  Her music teacher is from Zimbabwe, her design technology teacher is from Canada, her English teacher is from Singapore, her Humanities teacher is from Ontario, Canada, her science teacher is from Australia and her math and science teachers are from Peru.  It's an American school right?

Emily's school is an IB (international baccalaureate) school.  The curriculum is different and so is the grading.  Different is probably an understatement.  We are use to our kiddos being graded on knowledge.  A student is taught the material and then tested through homework, projects, papers and tests their grasp of what has been taught.  Knowledge is only one of seven criteria that is graded in an IB school.  Their theory is that the student should learn how to learn and not just memorize facts.  Okay that may be the simplified version but when this experiment is over we will dissect Emily for the results.