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PeasCorps: NicaRagans: Jun 12, 2009
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160;Friday, June 12, 2009. Here is the outside of the office. Up the stairs is the entrance into the security guards' office; they are always really friendly as we sign in, and always on guard for stray cars parked in front of the office or terrorists that may be passing through (the FBI's most wanted list and various terrorist pictures are prominently posted in their guard station, just in case) :. The fleet of Peace Corps Landcruisers that are ubiquitous in international development circles:. The bulle...
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PeasCorps: NicaRagans: Jun 16, 2009
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160;Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Every time that someone finishes his or her Peace Corps service in Nicaragua (called "COS" or close of service), he or she rings this bell that's in the middle of the office. It's a tradition that started right around the time that we got here, and today is finally our turn to ring the bell and become RPCVs, Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. At 6/16/2009 08:00:00 AM. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Peace Corps: News, Photographs and Stories. Back on the horse…. Salve a Ti Nicaragua.
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PeasCorps: NicaRagans: Jun 11, 2009
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160;Thursday, June 11, 2009. Today is my last day of classes at my school, INJOCRUM (Instituto Nacional José de la Cruz Mena). I’m actually pretty sad to be leaving the kids… though at the beginning of my service I sort of dreaded going to school, by the end I finally found my groove as a teacher and going to school became the only thing that I really enjoyed about being here. Here’s where I walked daily to get from the market where I got off the bus to my school. This is also where Marvin. These are som...
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PeasCorps: NicaRagans: Jun 8, 2009
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9 Ten Things I Love about You (Nicaragua). 160;Monday, June 08, 2009. Though I listed yesterday the things I won't miss about Nicaragua, that doesn't mean it was all bad; there are plenty of things I already begin to feel nostalgic about, and we still have a few days left here! In fact, the things that I disliked yesterday are exactly the same things I like and will miss about the place:. 8211; For the last two years we haven’t had to worry about jobs, health care, or (until recently. 8211; Public transp...
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PeasCorps: NicaRagans: Jun 13, 2009
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160;Saturday, June 13, 2009. Carmen has been my counterpart at school since the very beginning. Here in the English program, we are required to work with Nicaraguan counterpart teachers so we're not taking a job away from a Nicaraguan, and so our work will be more sustainable as our counterparts improve their English and their teaching methodologies. So we plan for all of the classes together on the weekends, then teach together during the week. On my last day at school the teachers threw me a despedida.
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PeasCorps: NicaRagans: Marvin
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160;Saturday, June 06, 2009. To have been posted Thursday June 4, 2009. A daily occurrence for women volunteers here is that we will be catcalled by random men on the street. These calls of “¡Gringa! After my trips to the States this past spring, my first day back to school the cat calls started anew: “¡Mi gringita! Where have you been? We thought you were lost! We’re so glad you’re back! I know you’ve been passing by in cab so you can avoid me! I’m glad you’re back! The big, jolly guy is Marvin and he&#...
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PeasCorps: NicaRagans: The COS Bell
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160;Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Every time that someone finishes his or her Peace Corps service in Nicaragua (called "COS" or close of service), he or she rings this bell that's in the middle of the office. It's a tradition that started right around the time that we got here, and today is finally our turn to ring the bell and become RPCVs, Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. At 6/16/2009 08:00:00 AM. 2:26 PM, June 16, 2009. Cant wait to have you back home! Shirley and Danny, the travelin Sherrods. THE CONTENTS ...
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PeasCorps: NicaRagans: Jun 9, 2009
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160;Tuesday, June 09, 2009. We’ve said before that you don’t really choose to become friends with other PCVs—it just happens. Nicole is one of the people in our group that we probably would have been friends with anyway. We’re usually the ones that stay at home rather than go out and party, and I mean this in the nicest way possible, but we’re all a little boring. For us. She and Dora are best buddies, too, and Dora treats her just like family by eating her underwear. Just won't know what to do without h...
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PeasCorps: NicaRagans: Carmen
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160;Saturday, June 13, 2009. Carmen has been my counterpart at school since the very beginning. Here in the English program, we are required to work with Nicaraguan counterpart teachers so we're not taking a job away from a Nicaraguan, and so our work will be more sustainable as our counterparts improve their English and their teaching methodologies. So we plan for all of the classes together on the weekends, then teach together during the week. On my last day at school the teachers threw me a despedida.
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PeasCorps: NicaRagans: Jun 6, 2009
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160;Saturday, June 06, 2009. The other day as Paul and I were in a taxi, we saw the driver give a woman some weird-looking Monopoly money. It turns out that Nicaragua got new money overnight:. Since then we've decided this money is really cool so we've been trying to collect it. Today, for instance, we just got this C$200 bill ($10 USD):. Apparently the money is also illegal and worthless (read the Time article for more details), so let's hope we can pawn our bills off tomorrow morning. Yikes! 8221; It w...
