Day 18: Last day before Easter break

Today was an interesting day that was quite Norwegian I would say.  Next week we won’t have school because of Easter and so there were many things that stemmed from that.  When I walked into the classroom for 9d all of the students were sitting on top of their desks and I was wondering what was going.  Leif (pronounced like Life) said that the students were protesting doing their work.  The other classes were 'eating cake' and having fun and in this class they were supposed to work.  They didn’t like that.  So they revolted.  Leif told me that this was a horrible teaching environment because the students really don’t want to learn and know that other students are partying so they want to as well. 

What happened?  We did what I would call the Norwegian thing and went outside and played soccer.  Yep.  We went and played soccer instead of having a math lesson.  I had a great time playing with the students.  I also felt good about how well I played as well.  I scored a goal!  It was great!  The teams weren’t quite fair I would say but oh well.  That is life somewhat.  We went and played soccer and there were a bunch of students that came and participated.  There were other students that were just on the field talking or watching the game.

Now I don’t think that that sort of thing happens very often but this is what I got from the experience.  There are certain times when you can “let your hair hang down.”  The last day before a long break (such as a week-long Easter Break) is one of those days that they may not even remember what you taught them anyways.  That as long as the students don’t get the idea that they don’t have to work at other times then it would be perfectly fine to do such a thing.  We were also going out to something that was very active in soccer so that was good as well.

As I was talking with one of the teachers about Easter in America I said that one of the differences is the size of the Easter eggs.  In Norway, the eggs are big (10cm in length).  Some are roughly the size of a football.  The teacher said that it is one thing that is backwards.  Usually things are the other way.  Bigger in America and smaller in Norway.  Except Easter eggs.  Except Easter eggs.

The other thing that was cool was that there was just food there for the taking during lunch because it was the last day of school before Easter Week.  There was juice as well as crackers with various kinds of cheese to eat.  There were also cut red bell peppers, green and purple grapes, and the cake.  You can’t forget about the cake.  I had like 3 pieces because there was a lot there.  After lunch was over the food was still out and so I picked over what was left and that is when I had my extra pieces of cake.  It was way good.  There was also an Easter egg that had a bunch of chocolate.  It was really good as well. 

We had some time in the shopping center in Husnes before the bus would come to take me back to Rosendal.  I ended up buying more chocolate. #chocolatefordays.  I bought 3 Japp bars, then some rolo-like candies that were plain chocolate and the other was chocolate and caramel.  Chocolate has been on sale recently and so that is why I have bought a bunch.

I also bought a new jacket.  I am really excited about it.  It is a Bergans of Norway brand which is usually expensive but not so much if you get it for half off.  Plus I wanted to make sure that my credit card worked and wouldn't have any problems if I used it.

I thought there was really cool lighting tonight over the fjord.  I think that the pictures look pretty cool.  I introduce you to my new wall paper on my phone because I think that it looks that good.