2 things I did at school that freaked out my teachers

Sometimes cultural differences come in the strangest places.  At school, for example, I have discovered that there are two things that I’ve done that have shocked my teachers.  I bet you’d never guess what freaky things I did – and I did them frequently…

1. Ice in my water  I bring food to school and carry it around in my backpack all day.  To keep it all cool and fresh, I would freeze some water in my water bottle, and then fill it up with water.  So my food and water kept nice and cool all day.

Now I don’t always have a lot of ice in my water or pop.  I’ve learned that lots of ice is actually an American (USA) thing (now I know why they notoriously fill your cup with ice at McDonalds!).  But here in Mexico the ice in the drink is even more rare – people think that it’s bad for you to have water that cold.  So it has freaked out my teachers when they see all this ice in my water.

2. Carrots and celery  Quite often I bring some chopped up veggies to school – carrots, celery, green peppers, tomatoes … whatever we happen to have in our fridge.  You would not believe how it shocked my teachers when I pulled out the veggies and started munching on rabbit food.  Healthy?  Sure.  But apparently it’s very strange to eat raw vegetables by themselves.  Who knew?

Now you know.