Tuesday was the inauguration of the United States' new president. No matter how we feel about him as our president, the inauguration of a completely new commander-in-chief is unusual, esp. for my students. Many of them only remember 1 president - or they have only been alive for 1!
And, for good or for bad, the president of the united states and his decisions & policies affect all of my students - Americans, Canadians, Mexicans, Koreans, and Latino-Korean-Americans ;)
Some of the students were less than excited to celebrate the inauguration.
One of my 3rd graders told me that he hates the new president bc he kills babies (I tried to explain how he's never actually killed any yet...)
Another 3rd or 4th grader asked if he would be assasinated and when and by who. *sigh* no ritalin in Mexico...
The canadians refused to be excited, refused to wear red, white, or blue, and also stood in direct protest when we sang our national anthem and recited our pledge.
But some were really excited.
my one student with some african ancestors (i'm not sure who or where) was thrilled to celebrate the first black president.
some of my embassy kids clearly come from democrat-leaning US households
A few of the high schoolers love politics and were mainly excited to see history being made, regardless of the new president's policies
Most of the jr. high and sr. high students wanted time out of class!
My most outspoken korean student spent the entire inauguration looking for asians on the screen - and was thrilled to learn that Obama's sister and brother-in-law are asian
Despite 2 hours of horrible internet connection, merely reinforcing the fact that we are expatriates living in a still-developing country, it was still a great day to be an American!
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