The teachers in the schools here are on strike in San Jose for 4 days. There's been lots of protests and media coverage about it. The teachers mainly want higher salaries. In Chicago, the teachers ended their strike before I left. It reminded that even though you're miles away these issues of education and teacher compensation are worldwide. Since the schools are closed for the rest of the week, our community center/church has had a lot more children attend. The English lessons we provide are free, so it's been good to see more kids show up when their regular school is closed.
Last night, I also experienced my first earthquake here! It was about a 6.5 on the Ritcher scale. It occured about 100 miles from San Jose on the northwest side of the country around 8pm. I was in my host family's house and everything started shaking for about 2 minutes-the beds, the pictures on the wall fell, pretty scary. My host family didn't seem to be affected as much, haha. Their daugther continued coloring at the table like nothing happened. They probably have experienced this numerous times, but for me it was definitely a first!
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