Happy Hearts Day

Well, it seems that Valentine's Day is universal. I think that here, at least at this school, it is less commercial. Also it seems there is less emphasis on boyfriend/girlfriend (although that's still there, especially in the upper grades) and more on just expressing love of friends. Since today is Thursday it was also scouts day so all the students were in their uniforms. But that didn't stop them from proudly wearing all the heart stickers their friends pressed upon them. All day long boys and girls were putting stickers on each other. They especially liked the shiny ones, the ones with messages, and the puffy/3d ones. I feel sorry for the people who have to clean up all the stickers on the floors. I didn't see a single store-bought valentine. All the cards were handmade and many of them must have taken hours. There are some fine artists in this school. How ironic that my lesson plan for today's P6 Health class was sexual abuse! But we got through it fine and I left the class with lots of stickers. A fine day for all.