Sunday, June 28, 2009
Part 5 My Education Ideas
I have started to look into furthering my education. I want to continue to get my Master degree in Communication department (Cultural, Cross Cultural Comm.). I have not settled on a school but I have been looking into a few different Colleges/Universities. With me being in the Peace Corps there are many different schools that offer different types of programs and scholarship options, which is very much needed in my eyes. The ideal program for me would be one that will allow me to do my study while contining to travel see how that’s a big part of what I want to do in the end. If you have any suggestions or input information please do let me know. I still have to take the GRE so am not in any rush to find one school now. I want and need to weight my options very carefully since this will send me in my career direction.
Part 6 Traveling in Africa and Beyond
Traveling around the world is my life biggest joy and goal. I have been to more place in my short life time then many people twice my age. But as of now I am not done with completing this goal. I have only been on 6 of the 7 continents and I have one more to go. Along with reaching each continent I have a few places on my list of historical places to see in person I have to complete.
Within my first year of being here in the Gambia I have traveled to Senegal. Senegal is Gambia’s surrounding country (literary Senegal is on all sides of the Gambia beside the ocean). I went to the country myself which was not a very good ideal since I did not speak neither French nor Woloff their spoken languages. But with the help of others and my luck cell phone I was able to get around and enjoy myself.
Within my first year of being here in the Gambia I have traveled to Senegal. Senegal is Gambia’s surrounding country (literary Senegal is on all sides of the Gambia beside the ocean). I went to the country myself which was not a very good ideal since I did not speak neither French nor Woloff their spoken languages. But with the help of others and my luck cell phone I was able to get around and enjoy myself.
Part 7 Making connections
I have had the chance to mingle with the likes of all kinds of people.
The first connections I have made are those within the Peace Corps office it’s self. There are many people working in the office who have a wide range of experiences. In the office we have a wide range of people from different states, people who have traveled or lived outside of the US, degrees from just about every department, and shared like ideas about the future or life in general.
Second work in the education sector I am exposed to many different locals and foreigners. Many of the people work directly within or linked to the education system in the Gambia. Even though not all expects of education have high interest to me (personally) they are all wonderful people to meet. Not only do you get to find out the things that interest them about education and their job. But you also get to know some of the personal and work reality experiences. Their experiences in more ways then one can be applied to my job now and future jobs to come.
Third but the one that is most valuable is the connections that have been created with the local people. These are the people who are affected directly and directly by my existence in the community. The level of connection can be from a counter partner in the field all the way to the vendors within the market. You can either get good help at work and understanding as to way the job is hard. Or get luck by your favorite vendor saving good veggies for you or making the price a little lower.
Thus the power of connections has now become very important in my life. The only hard part about it right now is remembering everybody’s Name. Here it is very important to remember peoples name if not the first name the surname is the best. As they use name calling as a form or greeting one another.
The first connections I have made are those within the Peace Corps office it’s self. There are many people working in the office who have a wide range of experiences. In the office we have a wide range of people from different states, people who have traveled or lived outside of the US, degrees from just about every department, and shared like ideas about the future or life in general.
Second work in the education sector I am exposed to many different locals and foreigners. Many of the people work directly within or linked to the education system in the Gambia. Even though not all expects of education have high interest to me (personally) they are all wonderful people to meet. Not only do you get to find out the things that interest them about education and their job. But you also get to know some of the personal and work reality experiences. Their experiences in more ways then one can be applied to my job now and future jobs to come.
Third but the one that is most valuable is the connections that have been created with the local people. These are the people who are affected directly and directly by my existence in the community. The level of connection can be from a counter partner in the field all the way to the vendors within the market. You can either get good help at work and understanding as to way the job is hard. Or get luck by your favorite vendor saving good veggies for you or making the price a little lower.
Thus the power of connections has now become very important in my life. The only hard part about it right now is remembering everybody’s Name. Here it is very important to remember peoples name if not the first name the surname is the best. As they use name calling as a form or greeting one another.
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