chile and my students go wild

World Cup crazed Chile winning over the heavily favored Switzerland 1-0 on Monday brought about as much mayhem as it sounds.  I watched at school with my students and since the government mandated that they all be able to watch, everyone was in the lunch room where there is a flat screen TV and also that day, a projector set up.  After the game, the kids ran around the school, jumped on chairs, and yelled "Chi chi chi!  Le le le! Viva Chile!" and "Ole ole ole ole Chile Chile!" until the teachers rounded them back up for class.  Outside the school, everyone got in their cars, bikes, buses and drove around the streets of the country beeping their horns and waving the flag for the rest of the day.  In Santiago, mobs rushed the streets and created a bouncing sea of the Chile red, white, and blue.  Should Chile win against powerhouse Spain on Friday, watch out.

The day's festivities at Colegio Fernando Durán Villarreal...

My students go mad after the Chile goal...

Chi chi chi!  Le le le!  Vi-va Chile!