Believing That You Can
determination to make it work. I love it here. It is not
better than home; it is just different.
Marjorie Compere is a student at The English Center.
Life in Honduras
My country Honduras is one of the most beautiful
Central American countries in the world. In my country
there is much natural wealth, beauty, and it has beautiful
places for tourism. Cohabitation is very nice because in
your community everyone knows, greets, and shares much
with the neighbors. Life is slower there and everyone has
time to live with their family. However, we also have the
sad side which is life in my country is very different from
America. Starting with the economy, Honduras is one of the
poorest countries in the world. It is an undeveloped country,
where the rich have their big monopolies, causing the poor
to have less. There are very few sources of work and that
there pay is very low. The cost of living is very high;
therefore it is very difficult for the majority of the
population to have adequate nutrition, healthcare, and
education. In my country the education is supposedly free
because parents do not pay a monthly fee so that their
children can receive education. Unfortunately the state does
not have the ability pay teachers; much less deal with the
materials that are essential for quality education. The
infrastructure of the educational buildings is improved and
sustained by the educational community (parents, teachers,
students and community) since the State also has the ability
to have them conditioned where the learning environment is
the best.
The aspect of health also suffers very much, since most
people do not have an opportunity to receive necessary
medical treatments. This is because the public health is at its
worst moments. Sometimes there are not enough drugs in
hospitals to treat diseases. Therefore the lack of medicines
is forcing the patients to purchase medicines outside in the
healthcare market where the cost is very high. The U.S. also
has great natural wealth. In Honduras, people in general are
more connected to each other. Life in America is faster and