School Years

Those of us born and raised in the northern hemisphere have the end of the school year hardwired into us as being in May/June. Down here, the school year ends in Nov/Dec and resumes in late February or early March. Coming from a family that celebrates Christmas, it would be pretty cool to have Christmas be the opening act for summer vacation. You get that new bike for Christmas, you get to ride it right away, and for months thereafter. I remember getting the occasional outdoor toy at Christmas and having to wait months until the snow melted and it was warm enough to enjoy whatever it was. I got to thinking about this because this morning there was a class field trip on the beach right below us. 

Each of the kids had a balloon and a decorated box. From my observations, it looked like the boxes were "time capsules". This is the kind of year end activity that lots of classes engage in all over the world. Only, for them, it's in November not May.

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I missed the sunset. I'll try again tomorrow.