Only in Hungary

School is always a very interesting day. Sometimes frustrating, insane, mundane, annoying, surprising, and many other descriptions that I will save you from. Each day I learn something new, most of those I never wanted to know and someday I just leave amazed. The Wednesday before Easter, I was having my lesson on Easter. I had prepared a lesson about the different ways that it is celebrated around the world, and then would share about how I celebrate this holiday and why. I went to my first class and why I was talking, one of the students pulled out an unopened bottle of alcohol and passed it to another. shockingly my first thought wasn't i can't believe that you brought that, but at least it isn't open. As I turned my attention back to the rest of the class i saw a guy playing with his lighter.

After I left that class, I walked to my second class of the day pass the usual couple making out and then past the guys playing poker and betting cigarettes. To this all I could do was shake my head and say only in Hungary, since student are given their own smoking room and having lighters and cigarettes is a normal part of life here.

When I arrived to my next class, I opened up the book that we are reading (the Lion, the witch and the wardrobe), and we began reading that day's portion of the book. We read about how Aslan gave his life in place of Edmond. The was ridiculed, shaved and killed. After the story, we talked about why he would do this and when i asked if anyone knew why we celebrated Easter, I had no response and told them the answer was found in the story as a picture of Christ as Aslan, and all of us as Edmond. This truly was the highlight of that day.

Brightside: is that it there are not really any rules of conduct for students, then teachers have a great deal of freedom as well, and I was able to at least mention Christ in I think all of my classes.