sept 16th. love and friendship day (ie, colombian valentine's day)
sept 15th. biggest 'valentine's' day celebration i have ever witnessed. granadino style.
colombians love love. honestly. and the nice thing about 'amor y amistad' is that it also celebrates how much you love your friends. as many of you know, valentine's day is not on my list of favourite holidays (it's just so cheesy, barf) but having the day be celebrated about love and friendship somehow makes it less barfy and more fun.
the grade 11s at granadino usually coordinate the day, which means they have the day off to organize the trillions of flowers, cookies, treats and things that are ordered into the school that people all give each other. they also have time to dress up like cupids and come around to classes, singing love and friendship telegrams for specific students and/or teachers. so hilarious. and to salsa dance around the hallways.
needless to say i was not expecting this kind of craziness! i got flowers from other teachers and from some of my students, presents and cookies, chocolate from my grade 9s, and lots of nice messages. even though i hate cheesy things, celebrating 'valentine's' day in highschool has to be one of the most fun places to do it. the students are just so adorable.
i also found out that i have a secret admirer! oooooooh.
i wonder who it is.
;)
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