04/20/08

Today I woke up ready to start teaching again from having last week off. However, as I was getting ready we got a call notifying us that there was no school today. Yesterday there was an election and from what I noticed, things get a little strange around here. On election day (yesterday) there were no taxis. I don't know how true this is, but I was told that it is so people cannot go into a voting place, steal the ballots and take off. It will be more difficult without taxis. Again, I don't know if there is any truth to that, but there clearly weren't any taxis. For those of you who haven't been reading my blog, or who haven't been here, taxis here are mopeds or small scale motorcycles and they are everywhere. I feel like I can find a taxi here easier than I can in Chicago!

So, when I got up today, we learned that all schools are closed on the day the election results are given out. I don't know the specifics on why that is, but is seems strange nonetheless.