To Chew On

Some thoughts/observations that I've been chewing on lately:

1. It has been interesting to be in a place where my previous "profession" of consulting is not even present, not necessarily because it's needed and lacking, but because the country isn't even to a place where it's necessary. While the majority of professions are present in developing countries at a simpler level, what I've been doing the past few years isn't even here.

2. While the stigma of people that live in developing countries to be very different than us, they are actually SO very similar to everyone else. For whomever reads Us or People or any other celebrity gossip magazine's, you'll be familiar with the section of why celebrities are just like us - they grocery shop, they buy ice cream, they break their arms, they use the restroom, etc. Watch for a blog on why people in developing countries are, indeed, just like us as well :)
   

3. Every child in our school is a 'Special Needs' child. While in the States these children are considered semi-rare and can be given special attention, the children in the Makarios school (and I'm sure other schools with similar students in third-world countries), EVERY child is what we would consider 'Special Needs'. Every child comes from a rough background and would be "at-risk" or has a mental/emotional/learning disability. The teachers here are amazing and battle every day to get these children just a little bit further in their education and life in general. Imagine trying to teach a class of 10-20 'Special Needs' children! Wowzers.