This is my 5th day in Costa Rica.  Everything is totally different.  On Monday I started school.  It was totally different.  We were divided into groups in different and put in different class rooms.  It was the first day of school and began at 1 pm.  The first week schools start late, because not everyone has been put in groups yet.  School began with an opening ceremony kind of thing. About four teachers gave long talks which I didn't really understand but they talked a lot about honoring the uniform and its importance.  And when we got to the class rooms they did a check marking everyone that was wearing too tight of pants or bracelets or in some other way was not complying with the uniform. It was really interesting. My first impression was that they seemed very Strict.  But apparently this is only for the first several weeks and then they become more relaxed.  We aren't supposed to start our "materials" till next week because not everyone has groups yet. So we have just been doing this and that.  We had to read articales and share in front of the class they were about violence, I didn't share cause I don't know much. I feel very stupid always asking people o replete themselves but other than that all is good.