"Will you miss me when I'm gone?" Meh, prolly not. . .

The last girls' night in my house, my friends thought it'd be fun to make a list of all the things I won't miss. Here's what we came up with. Feel free to chime in with more!

1. "American" students and their parents. Teachers, we all know these parents and kids. The one who don't want to work and blame whatever their kid does back on you. It's MY fault that Jenny isn't reading at grade level, though I've had multiple conferences with you on how to help her at home AND I have daily interventions with her. I'm not saying I won't have these students/parents at my new school, but they can't be as bad as some here. Or can they?
2. Driving. I've never enjoyed driving. My family would go go-carting and I would refuse to drive. I hated learning to drive. It was so nice in NYC to just hope on a subway and get to where I needed to be. Nope. Won't miss it.
3. Gas prices/getting gas. Could they be any more ridiculous? I'd pay $45 a week a week since I drove 50 miles a day, which is nothing compared to my friend, who drives 100 miles to work and back daily. 
4. Speed week, Bike week, Spring break, BCR, etc. I will not miss any of this. Race cars keeping me up at all hours. Bikers peeling out of my neighborhood at 2 am. Trying to drive down ISB during race week was torture. All the college kids at the beach. 
5. Old people going slow. It's Florida and it's where people come to retire. I guess, what can you expect, but really?! Do not go 25 in a 45 mph zone. If you're not going to give funding to education and the arts, do not go slow.
6. Lizards (in the microwave). Enough said.
7. Bills. Yes, I will still have bills in China, but I won't have a car payment, rent, a mortgage (fingers crossed my house sells), electric/water bills. Most of my stuff will be paid by the school, unless I run over.
8. Too much skin showing. Asian countries aren't too keen on showing a lot of shoulders and cleavage. We all KNOW how some people just let it all hang out and you are scared for life. Yup, won't miss it.
9. Socks with sandals. G and I saw so much of this during the 4th and at Disney. It's weird. I know my Dad is guilty of it. Maybe it's going to be a Chinese thing too...
10. Tall people. YAH! I'll be tall in China. Hollah!!!
11. Long lines. From what I've heard, waiting in line doesn't really exist in China. You just kind of shove your way through. Doesn't sound like fun (or like something I would do), but I guess I'll get used to it. :)
12. Wal-Mart. Yes, it is the store that has everything. China has some, but they can't be like ours, can they? Theirs at least have organic produce!
13. People of Wal-Mart. This kinda goes with showing too much skin, but you never really know what you're going to see when you walk into Wal-Mart. It's always something new and strange. People think they can just roll in their with who-knows-what on. 
14. FCAT/ standardized tests in general. I hated feeling like I was teaching towards the test. It takes the fun out of teaching. Everything has to be crunched into 8 months and then, when the test is over, the kids are done. They don't understand why there's still a month and a half left of school. There is not time to make sure they get it; it's just "gotta move on or we won't cover everything that will be on the test."
15. Huge portions. American has HUGE plates on which we put enormous amount of food. No wonder so many people are obese. When G and I were at Disney, we saw donuts and apple fritters that were bigger than the size of her small dog. No lie. It was disguising. 
16. Reality TV shows. Honey Boo Boo, Dance Moms, The Bachelor, The Next Food Network Star. Why can't be just have normal TV shows with an actual story line? Never been a fan of reality TV.
17. News. News stories on every channel. Casey Anthony, Zimmerman, etc. Sometimes, I just get sick of it. What's going on in the rest of the United States or the world? I remember the plane crash in San Fran. My mom told about about it. We didn't actually see it on the news until the next day. Crazy!
18. Tipping. 'nough said.