30 Things That No Longer Surprise Me!!

1. All the dogs walking around.
2. People whistling at us as we walk by.
3. Strict classroom discipline and students asking if I am going to lash them.
4. Not flushing toilet paper.
5. Belize time. 6 o'clock means 7 o'clock.
6. Can be a teacher or even a principal right out of high school temporarily.
7. Polly the talking and laughing parrot.
8.Colorful houses.
9. Eclectic mix of houses.
10. The heat. 70 degress is now freezing.
11. Chickens on buses.
12. Using machetes to cut the grass.
13. The language.
14. Random businesses. You could paint a sign on something and it could be a taxi, grocery store or what have you.
15. Kids riding and sometimes sleeping on bikes with their parents.
16. Hot water is hard to come by.
17. "Good Night" as a greeting. "A next one" for another. "Makobe" means lovesick. Subject/verb agreements.
18. Being called "Miss" or "Teach" by everyone... even people I don't know around town.
19. Lack of resources for teachers.
20. Bugs.
21. Vehicles drive right next to you.
22. Selling food out of buckets.
23. Garbage lying around.
24. Reuse of bottles and wrapping a napkin around them to clear them of any rust.
25. Kids eat suckers, or "sweet" for morning snacks.
26. The food in general.
27. Planes flying closely overhead.
28. Punta music and punta dance done by young children.
29. Having to teach all of the specialties like music, P.E.,art and so on.
30. The tiny little garbage bags that everyone uses.