Protests in London follow those in Spain

These past two days, I have been exploring the roots of my own language and culture in one of the foundations of the English speaking world - London, England. Now perhaps you are wondering what parallels could be drawn between London and Spain that would make a blog post worthwhile. I was also stumped until I walked into the middle of a bustling protest at Convent Gardens in London.

Like protests in the "Tahrir Square" of Madrid, the London protest included record numbers - more than to 20,000 people according to numbers from the Wall Street Journal. The large group of protesters included a number of teachers and school administrators protesting the deletion of their pensions and, in some cases, their jobs.

The protest, which began in Convent Garden and ended at Westminster Abbey, was mostly amiable.

For London students, it was ideal. Young students flooded the sidewalks of London and watched their teachers with glee, overjoyed at their temporary respite from classes.