Hello!!!!

This week in World Geography we saw a movie about taboos of different cultures. It showed people in Louisiana who have cock fights (roosters fighting) for entertainment, and bull fights in Mexico, where the matador has to kill the bull, and a group of people in Bolivia that believe that human blood helps their crops grow, so they go to a city square and have fist fights until they bleed. To me this was very weird, but I know that in their cultures it is totally normal, and to them things that we do are weird. Also we started talking about oil and water problems in Iraq. On Monday we will have a discussion, where we will try to make a peace treaty between the three ethnic groups of Iraq. 

In my life right now I am very busy! I have rehearsals for the Belles Spring Show, and ballet class, where we are also working a piece for our end of the year recital. I love dance, and I am very happy with what I am doing. Yesterday night I went over to my friends house for a sleepover. She said that it was nothing special, and that she just decided to have a sleepover, but when I got there I had a HUGE surprise. My friend, who over the summer moved to Colorado was there! She was hiding in a closet, and when I went into the room she jumped out and scared me! I screamed very loudly, and everyone else was laughing! We had a very good time, but she is going back to Colorado tomorrow. I wish she could stay because I miss her! 

-Virginia-