While I still seem to struggle with properly expressing myself in Spanish (conversational but not fluent by any means) or exactly how to teach English as a foreign language (“No I’m sorry, ‘bakery the of left to school’ is not a complete sentence”) there are some really ridiculous and seemingly useless things that I have mastered or learned during my time here in Costa Rica. As I start to think about my next job, the trick will be to convince future employers that these are in fact marketable skills and relevant knowledge.
How to laminate like just about anything, using contact paper or clear tape
How to make hundreds of biscochos (corn bread type snacks)
How not to puke on the bus
How to draw cartoon animals
How to live with and learn to love complete strangers who don't speak your language
How to play dozens of rounds of Bingo without winning
How to make a farole
How coffee is grown and processed
How to count thousands of pieces of trash in an attempt to motivate people to recycling
How to sustain myself on rice beans and boiled potato
How to do baile tipico
How to say the rosary in Spanish
How it’s possible to walk uphill both ways
How to write a business or project plan… in Spanish
How to sing the national anthem
How to handle repeated screeching of the word “FINISHED!”
How to remain calm while children are hanging from the rafter or a bird flies in my classroom
How to ride up or down a dirt mountain road in the back of a pickup without falling out
How to take cold showers
How to hand wash and line dry my clothes
How to eat large quantities of the same food, repeatedly (sugar, corn, beans, rice)
How to live with dozens of spiders in my small bedroom
How to (still) have no idea what I'm doing most of the time
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