Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Students against new education law in Chile

This is a mural/graffiti done in opposition to the new law concerning education

The dogs down here think that cars are their enemies!

So I asked someone from the states the other day if they heard anything about the small protests going on here against the new law in Chile concerning education and they said no…. the funny thing is, most people down here know all about Obama, Clinton and McCain.  It is pretty big news and in Santiago, as you can see on the news, many have taken to the streets and are throwing things at police cars and in turn are being hosed down by the police.

What is happening is that the students, and some politicians, are against local government running the school systems and they want it to be run on a larger, national scale.  According to Matías, they had this system 30 years ago and it was a disaster.  He seems to think that the students just like being out of classes!

El Momento Cebollento Del Día (The Cheesy Moment Of The Day)
So there are a lot of dogs down here that wander the streets, they don’t really beg or anything but they are all over.  For the most part, they know how to cross the street at the right time to avoid being hit and this is good.  The Cheesy thing is that some are brave enough to go in the middle of the street to challenge cars and try to stand in front of the car and bite its tires.  (Interesting thing that Matías said is that dogs try to take out the legs of their opponents to weaken them and knock them down).

Looking for some funny T-shirts?  Check out http://www.icheesewisconsin.com

Da BIG Cheese