Check out this video from an Ecuadorian television station about the crazy list of supplies many Ecuadorian schools require! The "No-ticias" program from Gama TV is known for purposefully "mis-informing" and making parodies of the news.
This particular video is extremely relevant to Starfish as it makes fun of the lists of supplies that students in Ecuador are required to buy at the start of each school year. I for one can attest that I was never required to buy half the amount of supplies for school that Ecuadorian students are required to buy...factor in the difference in average salaries and we are talking about an impossible amount of money for many families to afford.
I am learning this year that the best students who are elected leaders of their classes are often required to purchase things such as music speakers and other expensive things explained in this song. Another interesting fact - students take regular public buses to school, meaning they also pay a bus fare as opposed to the yellow school buses most of us took through high school!
Starfish scholarships for 2012-2013 represent $216 worth of supplies, while an average monthly salary is about $280! This parody is done to the tune of a popular song "Una vaina loca" (loosely translated - a crazy nuisance). Translated lyrics below!
Que hago? Esta está caro
Seguro quiere estudiar mijo?
Una lista loca la que piden ahora
Yo no creo que un niño gaste todo esto en un año escolar
Piden calculadora y hasta computadora
Y mi guagua este año recien va para el prescolar.
What do I do? This is expensive.
Are you sure you want to study son?
What a crazy list they require now.
I don't believe a kid will use all of this in one school year.
They require a calculator, and even a computer
And my kid is just going to preschool!
Para los ninos empiezen las clases
Y si no tienes plata que haces
En la escuala te sugieren donde tienes que comprar
Me pidieron 4 uniformes
para que no gaste ropa dice los rectores
terno y bano para un paseo que van a hacer.
School is starting for the kids
And if you don't have money, what do you do?
The school suggests when you should buy
They required 4 uniforms
"So you don't waste your clothes" said the directors
suit and bathing suit just for one field trip they're gonna take.
Una vaina la que piden ahora
tanto papel de color le alcanza hasta la Universidad
como 40 carpetas
frijol, fideos, lentejas
debe ser para arte porque lonche ya me hicieron pagar.
What a crazy nuisance they require
So much colored paper it'll last until college
Like 40 folders,
Beans, noodles and lentils
It must be for art class because they already made me pay for snack!
Oigame porque me piden la computadora
si mi hijo no sabe leer senora
eso le dije yo a la profesora
si no te gusta buscate otro colegio ahora.
Listen, why do you ask me for a computer
If my son can't even read miss?
I said this to the teacher
"Well if you don't like it, find yourself another school now"
La mochila esta full
pesa mas que me hijo el Raul
y ahora que hago hay que cancelar 3 meses de bus escolar.
The backpack is full,
It weighs more than my son Raul
And now how am I going to pay for 3 months of the school bus?
Pura vaina loca la que piden ahora
y que al coca barriga el seguro debo comprar
ya quede chiro
prestame don Ramiro
que al medio ano seguro han de querer el aula pintar.
Such a crazy nuisance what they require now,
I'm already broke,
Lend me money Mr. Ramiro
Because halfway through the year I'm sure they're going to want to paint the classroom
Una vaca loca me pidieron ahora
para el dia de professor de donde el billete voy a sacar
que a una gringa loca contrataron ahora
es la teacher de ingles y un bono extra toca pagar.
Now they asked me for a crazy cow for teacher's day
where am I going to get this money?
Now they hired a crazy gringa
She's the English teacher and we have to pay an extra stipend!
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