Loss of Innocence: An Ethnography of Sandy Bay, Roatán, Bay Islands, Honduras

This little book that I am writing is a little History About Sandy bay. The Book is Name or titled 52 years ago At about that time I was 24 years of age Now I am 76 and a Great change took place between those years. At that time living was very Cheap. There were lots of things you Could get for nothing. But as the years went by Everything changed. Even the Minds of the human race. The Only thing that Never Change was the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. I start school in English at 7 years of Age. I finish English at the age of 14 then I went to Spanish School. My teacher was the Man that the Spanish School Name After Juan Brooks. That was my teacher the first year. My 1st TEACHER WAS Brinford McField. At that time I was 19 years of age. At that time My teacher McField Became Supervisor of the Public Schools of the Bay Islands the prof therefore took all if His Super Students and put them out in Differents places to teach. We teach by Horario which is called daily guide at this time I was in Camp Bay 1932 and part of 1933 Then I Came Down to Sandy Bay The Remainder of the year until 1933 so I Continued to teach in Sandy Bay my hometown for 14 years until 1947 I got married in 1934 and begin to make children then things got real tough with us. But I can Praise and Thank God for his Blessing bestowed upon us. He Had given me a wife that stick to me through tough and thin. We had a children to care for I was only getting 60 pounds from School And the Government was not paying when you go to the treasure Municipal. He could not give you nothing, So my wife although She is worn and faided now but She was a Beautiful woman good cook and first class in Manual labor. I remember in the Moon light I and my wife would sit on the beach and catch the bigest Snapper and Shad sand grunts we would light a tourch and walk on the Bar in the Sea grass we would find or catch lobsters that weights 12 and 14 lbs. and you could get those days was 0.50 Limpiras