Video 1 Transcript
Jamaicans love their culture and they love it when foreigners think their culture is cool. So in my second area it was very, there was a lot of bush and everyone had like a couple acres where they grew fruit or vegetables or spices or something like that. And so in that area had a chance to do a lot of service working in people's gardens. And so I got to know the different plants in Jamaica, learned how to use a machete really well. And I found that when I went to different areas people really appreciated that. Like they loved that I could point out the fruits and the vegetables and they thought it was cool that I had embraced the way that they do yard work with a machete. And it actually opened a lot of doors for me. Like I could, I could start up conversations because I embraced their culture and I thought it was really cool.
Video 2 Transcript
Jamaicans are really really straightforward. Like in America we have this like political correctness and Jamaicans don't really do that. Like if someone's like we in America we'd say oh they're a little bit bigger in Jamaica like they just call people fat and that's that's just normal like you just you just deal with it so sometimes it might seem like a Jamaicans being rude but really they're just being straightforward and they're actually super super loving.
Video 3 Transcript
They do speak English, which is good. But at the same time it's called patois, so it's a little bit different, a little bit faster. Their words are put together a little closer, so they speak very very quickly. So that was adjustment to get used to. Other than that, as far as the culture goes, it was interesting to me to see how many people were always out on the street doing things. Whether it's shopping or playing, lots of people always outside, always on the streets. But I would say the main part of the culture there is a very, like I said before, a very relaxed kind of vibe. But the culture is very laid-back and the people are very very nice.
