Montessori?

Today was a sick day. We woke up late, and feeling crappy. We told Vidya we did not feel like interacting with kids because we didn't feel cheery, so she said we could leave early. Then we sickly ordered toast and omelets, but they heard the order wrong, so they brought us idly instead, and idly and sambar does not feel good when you have a cold. So anyways, we get to the school and we are split up to different classes and we cannot take pictures and we have to stay in one class the whole time so as not to 'disrupt' the students from their learning. The classes were totally free (Montessori), the kids ran around everywhere, and I can see how it would work for lower level students, but I don't think its that effective higher. A boy in my class threw up and then a girl walked through it. I guess that was the highlight of my day. The kids in the higher grades had no idea what they wanted to do - a rarity in the Indian school system; and they also disrespected the teacher. The kids are all really rich-- their fathers came to pick them up, their moms were decked out in western clothes, and there were even some white students. Needless to say, we do not want to go back. But we have to go back tomorrow to see their Pongol festival celebration. And we are all very sick so we got the rest of the day off. I will have a more exciting day tomorrow! Goodnight.