The past two days at school have made me conclude the latter. Too many fun experiences to be had outside of the classroom (but around school, I mean). I will add that all the activities took place during a free period, it's not like I shirk my duties. ;)
The other day for example, there was an assembly with 3 players from Lugo's basketball team, Breogan. The school director introduced me to them to chat for a bit, since they all speak English. [See what happens when you speak English, kids? You get to talk to basketball players!] One was from the USA, another from the Netherlands, and one from Lithuania. Two of them spoke Spanish so they could answer the kids' questions, but I was disappointed the students didn't even attempt to ask in English for the player who didn't understand Spanish. C'mon, guys! En fin, I'm sure they enjoyed the assembly more than just as an excuse to miss class.
Tuesday, in addition to Magosto celebrations (
here), I accompanied one class to the local distillery. A class of 14-year-olds in a distillery--is that even legal? This was their second trip there, since the first time the machines weren't running. The place is within walking distance, and is the only "industry" in the town. While the students were watching the machines, one of the workers tried to explain part of the process to me. I didn't catch much, but did see the big pit where they have the scraps of grape skins from red wine that I think they use to make other alcohols. I didn't really get that, since it was liquor distillery, not winery. Anyways, at the end of our short tour, I was offered a sample. Woohoo! The girls freaked out and wanted to try it too, but they're too young so "ha-ha". To conclude, that was certainly an unexpected fieldtrip for high schoolers.
