Can a dog with three legs scratch standing up?

Yes, but not easily...


Well, I am rapidly approaching my half way point, which basically means it's all over...

The school day here is broken up into two sections and each is filled with different students, thus school is less than 4 hours per day for the students. Most of that time is spent goofing off, but their is some lecture time...

This week has been pretty fun-- I began working with two small groups of students (4th and 5th grades) whom will serve as the HNHK leaders for the projects we do at the school. They are currently working on ideas for a mural that we will paint next week in the school pertaining to picking up trash/thinking about the environment and we have been fundraising for supplies. During the groups sessions I've essentially been showing them as many images of plants, animals, and ecosystems (healthy and not healthy) as I can pull off the internet in my alloted internet forays... Today I actually got the notion of a watershed and eutrophication across to my kids, yay!

I was not in school for most of the day today-- only going for my group meetings and not helping out with English classes as I have been doing. Sadly, a student got kicked out of school (completely, apparently forever) for knocking over a garbage can and refusing to pick it up. The teacher I've been working with feels terrible as he was the link in the disciplinary chain that lead to the student's expulsion. I was shocked to hear that such measures were taken for the offense (granted, I know I'm rather lax about discipline, but really? kicked out?) students fight (fiercely) often (and other such offenses) and yet there's not even a word of admonishment... another kid had to go home because his hair was cut too short (basically bic-ed), but again, really? Oh, my issues with administration continue...

The weather for the past few days has been so stagnant and humid throughout the day, it's like constantly wearing a heavy coat on an already warm day (or grunden's)... BUT at long last it rained this afternoon, dumping precious water and bringing cool air.

In other news, my computer got raided by ants-- I've been chasing them out of it for a day... I tried bumping some reggaetone, but that only got out a few (granted the volume on this thing is pretty sub-par). For better or worse Mac's get so hot, either they're all out or they're fried inside and thus entombed. Ugh!

And speaking of Dominican animals, the CUTEST puppy has taken to following me around. He was whining at my doorstep one day last week and can fit in my palms. He's wayyyy cuter than the little terror that runs around this place (who I still love...), but like all the stray dogs around he's just another "ugly dog." I thought he must have left because it was quiet for a long time, but he was just huddled in the corner:( Then a few days later he came around again, this time following me all around town. I though for sure one of the crazy motoconchistos were gonna run him over...

Onto happier thoughts...