So although Ecuador has beautiful people, and a beautiful country, it too has its' flaws. The past two weeks there has been no rain in Ecuador. This is especially rare where I live beacause we are so close to the rainforest. The country's electricity is not like ours. There electricity is hydropowered and without rain there is no electricity. Therefore, these past two weeks we haven't had enough electricity to light up the entire country. Here in Loja where we have more rain, we lose light for about 5 hours a day. They turn of lights in different parts of the cty at different times. That can be really difficult at night when you need to do homework or something. To me it's very eye opening. It also makes me appreciate all that the USA has. Of course we have an occasonal power outage, but it's always back within a few minutes or hours. Now I am just praying it rains soon.
Something else that has been going on here is public transportation. Usually, a taxi driver recieves $1.00 for a normal person and $0.20 for a student. The bus companies and taxi drivers do not like this. Today they are all on strike to raise the price for students to $0.25. The roads in the city are all closed and there are no classes. My host parents and most parents in my neighborhood are walking to work in order to protest the protesters. It is not only in my city though. It is in every city in the entire country. Which I must say is pretty admirable to be able to work together like that. I am happy however happy to be able to go back to bed right after writing this.
I also got my MCAS scores back finally. I saw my friends got theirs back and I wanted to make sure I passed. If I didn't I would have a lot of problems when I returned. It is a requirement to get above a Needs Improvement on all three subjects (Math, Science, English). Thankfully I did really well in all three subjects and I will be able to graduate on time with my class.
Now I am off to bed. I will write again soon.
Something else that has been going on here is public transportation. Usually, a taxi driver recieves $1.00 for a normal person and $0.20 for a student. The bus companies and taxi drivers do not like this. Today they are all on strike to raise the price for students to $0.25. The roads in the city are all closed and there are no classes. My host parents and most parents in my neighborhood are walking to work in order to protest the protesters. It is not only in my city though. It is in every city in the entire country. Which I must say is pretty admirable to be able to work together like that. I am happy however happy to be able to go back to bed right after writing this.
I also got my MCAS scores back finally. I saw my friends got theirs back and I wanted to make sure I passed. If I didn't I would have a lot of problems when I returned. It is a requirement to get above a Needs Improvement on all three subjects (Math, Science, English). Thankfully I did really well in all three subjects and I will be able to graduate on time with my class.
Now I am off to bed. I will write again soon.
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