1. Help us fullfil Peace Corps' Third Goal; 2. JFK; 3. Frogs...Chinese

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2. In honour of his birthday, watch this video of President John F. Kennedy in the oval office talking about the importance of Peace Corps service.

3. A Chinese guy who eats frogs….As I spend time with each of the grades in my new school, I have a little time to introduce myself and answer questions. Somehow the topic turned to foods – what do I like about Jamaican cooking, and what have I eaten that Jamaicans typically don’t? Well, one of the Grade 6 students asked if I eat “Spring Chicken?” – and I, thinking they were asking about regular chicken said, “of course!” Well, that got quite a reaction – disgusted faces and laughs.

So…as my new students proceed to teach me, in Jamaica a FROG is sometime called a Spring chicken.  Well, I then said that some people in places in the world do eat frog’s legs, and I had eaten them also.

The next day, one of the students said, “Mr. Lawrence, are you Chinese?” I said, “why are you asking me?” and he said, “Because you’re WHITE and eat FROGS!”