Being a statistic

I have had plenty of time to ponder recently, since there is not much happening in my site. I look for ways to "look busy" while actually remaining unoccupied. So, for some reason or another, I started thinking about the number of ways that I have already become a PC Honduras statistic. PC has two loves: (1) statistics and (2) acronyms (i.e. PCV-Peace Corps Volunteer, PCT-Peace Corps Trainee, FBT-Field Based Training, APCD-Assistant Peace Corps Country Director). We had plenty of Safety and Security sessions with our beloved Safety and Security Officer (I'm guessing that the acronym for this is SSO!), Juan Carlos. He told us about all of these potential statistics we could fall into. I always thought that I would somehow avoid that bad ones and fall into the good ones. Haha! What was I thinking!

1) In each training class, about 5-10% of PCTs drop out of training. Check. We lost 3 of the 51 initial trainees. But, I fell on the good side of this statistic.

2) 95% of volunteers have some sort of safety or security issue. Check.
Unfortunately, I had to change host families and later realized that I was missing some money.

3) 75% of technology either gets broken or stolen. Check.
My computer got a really bad virus the second day I got to my site! I ended up putting Ubuntu, a Linux operating system on my computer instead of Windows.

4) More than 50% of volunteers experience the feeling of boredom/uselessness/frustration/happiness all in the same day. Check.
I have felt bored, frustrated, and happy all in one day. Most days, I feel a bit of each one in the course of an hour.

5) 60% of volunteers have been told that a rapid change in body temperature causes an immediate death. Check.
I have heard this one various times. Never shower after physical activity because the rapid change of body temperature and entrance of soap chemicals in one's pores is life threatening. So far, three people have died from this (or so I've been told). Also, drinking a cold beverage after eating a hot food (for example, soup) will also cause the same reaction in one's body.

Warning: The statistics are made up so please do not believe the exact percentage. I am conjecturing based on my personal beliefs!