Un día normal en la Antártida, más no así en casa.
Another great day in Antarctica, but it seems like my colleagues back home are having a less regular day than I am. As you already know, I left the comfort zone of my classroom for a research expedition in the remote Antarctica, in search of enriching opportunities that would help me grow as a teacher. And even here, in the land of the penguins, word comes to me of closed schools back home, of students and teachers marching next to each other among firemen and steel workers top protest Gov. Walker proposed bill to ''weaken state unions by curtailing their right to collective bargain'' (quote from NY Times).
An Associated Press image of Wisconsin's capitol during the recent protests. My school was closed February 17 and 18.
I know that teachers' decision to be at the demonstration instead of being in the classroom was a hard one to make, and with Wisconsin's youth interest in mind. While all that is happening in the other part of the world, we prepare to depart by installing the scientific equipment in all our labs. Our estimated date of departure from McMurdo Station is February 20, as read in the Palmer's bulletin board
The estimated time of departure on the bulletin board. Not all labs are ready, yet, but people will be working hard to make sure they are ready for navigation.