Beach # 3

This weekend I headed to Beach #3, Jaco. Jaco is a 2 1/2 hour bus ride outside of San Jose, I believe if you went by car however it would only take a little over an hour.  It was my least favorite out of the beaches so far. It had a lot of people hanging out and it was very tourist driven.  I definitely enjoyed soaking in the sun and getting the nice fresh ocean air.  We arrived back to Tres Rios this afternoon and I was very happy arrive. 
 Traveling in groups of more than two can be such a test on my patience. I think part of it is that I would much rather sit at a nice restaurant and drink a glass of wine instead of go out and party. I must be getting old, or maybe it's mature, or both.  I think I will try to stick to smaller groups from now on.

And a spin off on group travel..............
Today I have been thinking a lot about how one persons actions affect others in both positive and negative ways. Sometimes we become too selfish and don't see what effect our choices have on others. So this week I am going to try to think about the things that I can do that can have positive effects on people and think before I act. 

Tomorrow I start at the kindergarten central center in Tres Rios.  I have switched schools (after a little bit of drama) and I am excited about starting another experience.  I feel that I have been starting to accept the education system here in Costa Rica more and so I am ready to see what the Kindergarten center has to offer! I feel it will be a good experience as I do not have a lot of experience in Kinder so no matter what I should learn something.  Things here are so different, especially with the literacy, it is so difficult to see what I feel are kids just falling through the cracks without the right tools to fill the missing pieces.
There are a few kids in the school that I had been at, La Cima, that had a hard time copying a word off the board and were obviously in need of help. It breaks my heart to hear the teacher say things like, he doesn't know anything, he will definitely be repeating.  This is such a different system than what my experience is with special education and exceptional learners. I feel that the kids can learn, we just need to set them up for success, scaffolding and difernetiation.  It is difficult for me to observe these things when I have such strong opinions about it (I know your thinking, who Breanna? Have strong opinons? No Way :) )
Mom arrives in 8 days (not that I'm counting). I am very excited to see her and travel with her as well as show her where I've been the last month (already 4 weeks!!!).  I'm excited to see the north Pacific Coast as well as spend time with her avoiding any possibility of coming across a snake. 
A few pictures of the last adventure.