School Elections and Orgulloso

So my school just had the elections for school president. It was very different than the elections at school in Ashland. It was four days of locura (crazyness!). Each day a new group would get the bleachers. But everyday was just a ton of noise. During our breaks kids would be out there waving banners, dressed in the colors of the group, screaming like mad, and spray painting peoples heads. But it was real spray paint. I avoided it as best as I could but when the stuff is everywhere it is kinda hard. Also there were times when people had flares... real freaking flares! The kind you see on the road when there is an accident. Anyways the point seemed to be which ever group made the most noise attracted the most people. I ended up satisfying myslef by running around with Adam, we would steal the banners and run through the other groups. We just kinda caused a bigger ruckus wherever we were. Anyways this kinda leads into the pride of the people here. Ecuadorians seem to be very prideful of there country, president, soccer teams, etc. This presented itself during the school elections when everyone had a list as they were called and would try and put stickers on every square centimeter of your body. It is just a trait not found as much in the USA. We are much more reserved in that aspect. For example, when there is a soccer game with Ecuador and another country there is an atmosphere of anticipation, the whole city is quiet. Also when a goal is scored all of the cars, since the had the radio tuned to the game, start honking there horns. Another example is Jefferson Perez. Kudos to you if you know who he is... he won the silver medal in the olympics. In the 20km walking. The whole country put up banners and was extatic that an Ecuadorian won a medal! I still see posters that say: Thank you Jefferson Perez... except in spanish... jeje. There is just a greater unity in the people.. the USA is huge, especially in comparison to Ecuador. Oregon is 88% the size of Ecuador. So, anyways I'm not really sure where I'm going with this so I'm just going to shut up with this post.