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Monthly Archives: July 2009

Hurry up and wait

Friday, July 17, 2009

It’s interesting how little it takes to make me happy. Case in point: I spent 4 hours with about 150 of my colleagues standing on an airport tarmac with nothing to eat or drink, waiting to see Barack Obama for 30 minutes. When he finally arrived, we were nothing short of ecstatic. When he mentioned [...]

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Jack of All Trades, Master of None

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

The education trainees are back in the schools for practicum, and the omnibus trainees (those who will work in the other program sectors) are out on field trip to see what exactly their jobs will entail. Meanwhile, I sit here, contemplating what it means to be a volunteer while I watch the trainees teach and [...]

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