As you participate in the service projects, identify something you learned during your service week about the Belizean culture that you didn't know and that is important for you to know as a teacher.  As you start to recognize how cultural difference impact education and teaching, you can bring that awareness into your classroom next year.

The service projects that I have worked on this week have been working at a Easter Camp at the library, walking dogs at the Humane Society, and writing a child's book.  I feel like I learned the most from working at the camp, and had a great time while doing it.  Something that I learned during this week is how touchy and loving the children are here.  That is something that I had been told, but it wasnt until I witnessed it was it that I really understood.  As a teacher it is important to know that here it is allowed and even encouraged to physically interact with the children.  These kids want to hug, they want to ride on your back, they want to hold your hand walking down the street, and they really want to you to meet their parents.  I know that this will be different when working with high school students, but it is important for me to know how my students grew up and the relationship they had with their teachers in previous years.