So far, our exchange students have: asked to sleep in the same room (they are male and female… so no); asked to go to all the classes together (maybe on Wednesday and Friday); refused to go to bed at a decent time; they shower twice a day for half an hour at a time; seem to have no interest in America, though they say they do.  They’re not being really good foreign exchange students, but they are finally interacting with my kids a little.  They still seem scared of me.  I guess I’m scary.

Today, I led 30 of my wife’s 90 students who went on a Mission College field trip.  The public transportation there was a blast – two busses, two light rail trains.  We got everyone there on time.  Our tour started immediately.  Leo, our guide, was very informative and sort of laid-back.  I went to places on that campus that I had never been to, and I used to go to school here!  It was a good tour.

Alas, I wish I could say the same for lunch.  We were told that we would have a dining hall all to ourselves.  Some big wigs asked at the last moment if they could throw some sort of gala, and they took the place instead.  We had to eat outdoors.  Also, the wonderful looking lunch that was described to us is not what we got.  Our lunches were not worth the price we paid.  The administrator “decided” on her own to change our menu, figuring that middle school kids didn’t eat much.  All the kids left hungry.  We may not go back to Mission college if they persist in mistreating us this way.

Yeah, my group caught a couple of busses/trams early and got home way before the other two groups.  This turned out to be a good thing because our exchange students had to be somewhere by 4PM (the organizers announced at 11PM last night of this sudden, three hour change in the schedule).  I was able to get them there on time… and then I went to school.