Blog Post #5

Have you ever wondered how American culture  compares to other cultures in the Caribbean? Many people believe that individuals from different cultures have nothing in common. However, it is the complete opposite. Most cultures are influenced by one  another due to colonization or simply from tourism. The Belizean culture  has significant similarities  to the culture of the United States.

Blog Post #4

While doing my research for my research project, I learned a lot of new information about my island. However, I ran into several challenges.
I learned that the Belizean culture has a lot of similarities to American culture. These two culture both have a variety of different foods and both use sports as a form of entertainment. The challenges came when I tried to find credible sources. A lot of the sources were mainly about tourism when I was trying to find information about the Belizean culture. 
For my next research assignment, I'm going to learn more about the music in the Belizean culture and compare it to the music we hear in American culture.

Blog Post #2

The narrative "Tétiyette” is about an important life lesson that all teenagers should learn. This story is about a young girl who falls in love with materialistic things and rejects anything that is not up to her standards. Her parents try to warn her and give her advice, but she ignores them and continues with the same mindset. She turns down a pig and a pig because they had nothing, but when a devil came to her, she fell in love with him because he was wearing nice clothes and wore all the gold he had. Her mother told her that he may be a devil and recommended that she do a test to determine if he was human or a devil. The test showed that he was a devil, but the girl lied to her mother and said that he was human.
At that point in the story, her mother lost hope for her daughter. The devil began to eat her and the daughter kept screaming out for help, but her parents felt that they had done all they could. Her brother stops the Devil by slitting the Devil's belly.
I believe the narrative's message was that young kids and young adults should listen to their parents. I also believe their was a message in the narrative for the parents . I think that it was saying that parents should never give up on their children; even if they don't obey all of your rules.

The Belize Islands are roughly 386 km of coastline and are mainky composed of coral reefs, cayes and islands in the coral reef. The Bay Islands is a group of islands located off the coast of Honduras. The Bay Islands consists of 8 islands, but the 3 largest Islands are Utila, Roaton and Guanaja. Roaton is the largest of the three. It is known for it mountains and hilltops that go from west-east coast. Guanaja is the second largest, but it has even more mountains the Roaton. The island is split into 3 parts by a series of hilltops, Utila is the third largest and is characterized by its swamps and few small hills located east on the island.

About Me

Hi, my name is Justin Barnett. I am a sophomore and a pre-nursing major at Georgia Gwinnett College. I am from Athens, Ga but recently moved to Gwinnett for school. I enjoy playing sports, playing video games and hanging out with friends.