Every 15 Days

To say “every two weeks” in Spanish is “cada quince días,” or literally in English “every 15 days.” Fifteen, you say? One, from the US as least, would question why it’s not fourteen.

Just as two weeks are referred to as every 15 days, every week is referred to as every eight days.

In English class, the kids this week are learning about budgeting and living within their means. They each had to chose something they spent on daily that isn’t a necessity, then calculate how much they spent a year on this.

Sonia said she spent $2 pesos a day on candy. So they teacher calculated how much she spent per year like so:

$2 pesos x 8 days x 52 weeks = $832 pesos

...my world is altering. I’m questioning my definition of a week. There are seven days in a week, aren’t there?