Yeah. It’s been a while since I made a Sugar Sachet Spanish post. I’ve got loads of sugar sachets sitting here on my desk waiting for their shot at stardom but sometimes they don’t grab me, you know? But today after spending some time second guessing and confusing myself over a silly decision, I decided to just shut up and get out of my own way. Then I found this:

Haz silencio a tu alrededor si quierez oir cantar tu alma

I haven’t heard my soul singing yet, but I thanks to the words of Italian writer and poet, Arturo Graf, I am more willing to listen out for it.

Great! My DD has just informed me she has a note from school. Apparently the teachers are on strike again.

I am on the side of the workers – just pay them! – but it does make me wonder how many of the parents cope with this. Working from home, it’s easy enough for me but what happens when you are supposed to grab the guagua to work by 8.00 a.m. but your kid just tells you there is no school tomorrow.

This last scholastic year has been very disrupted by strikes. While I am all for sending the kids to state school that only counts if there is actually a teacher to take the class for the majority of the year.