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One Day in the Campo
Posted in Peace Corps, Travel, Vlog
Tagged access, agrarian lifestyle, agriculture, campo, community, development, education, electricity, farming, health, hopscotch, hot spring, lack of access, road, rural, rural community, school, Telica, thermal spring, under-developed, video, video blog, vlog, Volcan Telica, volcano, water
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Frustration Rant
Having just published a post I ended by writing, “I could go on and keep talking about the minutiae of the school system here, but I see myself drifting into a frustration rant, so I think I will leave it … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching
Tagged behavioral interchange, camp, Camp Shohola, cell phone, cell phones, circus, clown, concentration, conductor, convention, cynicism, discipline, earthquake, earthquake drill, Einstein, fire, fire drill, ignorance, insanity, lesson plan, lesson planning, lesson plans, phone, phones, post-revolutionary society, revolution, right to education, rope, school, Shohola, tent, The Game, tug-of-war
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The Nicaraguan School System
You wouldn’t think that a Small Business Development Peace Corps Volunteer would spend much time in high schools, but in fact I spend at least 50% of my time in schools. Entrepreneurship is an official part of the high school … Continue reading
Nagarote
Nagarote is a town halfway in between León and Managua. It is on the far side of Lake Managua (with Managua being on the near side). I went there today with my soon to depart site-mate, Chelsea, who used to … Continue reading
Posted in Training
Tagged Bible, botanical gardens, central park, cheese, church, clean, earthquake, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship competition, lake, Lake Managua, lookout, Managua, mirador, Momotombo, Nagarote, overlook, park, quesillo, school, Telica, Volcan Telica, volcanic chain, volcano, volcanoes, volcanos
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La Colonia
This morning I awoke at around 8:30 to a racket up the street. “What could it be?” I thought. You see, the last Friday if every month there is no school, so it couldn’t be a marching band or school … Continue reading
Posted in León
Tagged band, clown, clowns, deodorant, grand opening, La Colonia, León, Nicaragua, Old Spice, school, supermarket
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Departmental Competition
Yesterday morning was the Departmental Entrepreneurship Competition. This was the culmination of a lot of planning on my and my counterparts’ parts, a series of local competitions, and hard work on the part of 11 teams of students from municipalities … Continue reading
Posted in León, Teaching
Tagged auditorium, business competition, business plan, chicken salad, chicken salad sandwich, Departmental Entrepreneurship Competition, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship competition, hot, judge, judge panel, judges, León, Managua, national competition, Nicaragua, Power Point, PowerPoint, sandwich, school, schools, students
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Competition Season
Competition season is not getting off to a good start. Here’s what has to come together to get León’s best representatives to Managua for the national competition in November: Select the best groups from each section in each school Select the … Continue reading
Posted in León, Vlog
Tagged business, business competition, earthquake, El Salvador, entrepreneurship, epicenter, film, León, Nicaragua, school, tsunami, tsunami warning, video, video blog, video log, vlog
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American Idol: Nicaragua
There’s been a flurry of activity here for me this week in Nicaragua, starting with the English Singing Competition. An alternate name for this post is “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.” My greatest regret of the week is … Continue reading
Posted in León, Music
Tagged American Idol, Coca Cola, Coke, dawg, Department of Education, English, English Singing Competition, León, Nicaragua, Peace Corps, Peace Corps Nicaragua, pitch, pitchy, practice, pronunciation, school, singing, singing competition, singing in English, song, The Beatles, Tupac, Whitney, Whitney Houston
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Summer in America, Winter in Nicaragua
July is known as a “winter” month in Nicaragua, even though Nicaragua is in the same hemisphere as the USA, where we know July as high summer. I put winter in quotes though because it isn’t winter as we know … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps
Tagged Nicaragua, beach, friends, friendship, Delaware, US, Managua, earthquake, earthquakes, USA, United States of America, school, drought, hurricane, terremoto, temblor, US of A, airport, Arthur, Hurricane Arthur, beaches, Delaware Beaches, temblores, terremotos, July 4th, 4th of July, July Fourth, Fourth of July, Independence Day, America, friend, mafia, card, cards, card game, cards game, winter, summer, rain, season, seasons
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Incidents of Travel 