School

So working in a high school has been hard, even though my job is to not work with the students I have interactions every day. Some of those interactions are nice, most are challenging. Challenging to understand the language, I practice as much as I can, but when somebodies talking fast forget about it! Challenging to interact with high school kids, kids are kids all over the world and teenagers......oh boy..... Challenging um yeah nuff' said.

I have implemented a new web content filtering program at the school which I think will help things. I reviewed the log of those blocked sites today and was amazed on how many porn sites got blocked. The majority of the sites were gay sites. I'm in the middle of showing the Principle and Guidance counselors this information to encourage some support for the hidden gay community at the school. If looking (or attempting to look) at pornography at the school is their only outlet to express their identity, there needs to be a change. As homophobia is king in Jamaica I'm assuming it will have to be a very slow process.

Turkey Day for me will be spent in Negril with some fellow volunteers. I'm going to have a solo dinner tomorrow but will be thinking of my family and missing one of my favorite holidays. Hope you all had a great dinner and always welcome your e-mails and wishes.