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Macizo Peñas Blancas
After an overnight respite in Matagalpa last Saturday, Aaron and I headed further north to Macizo Peñas Blancas. Macizo means massif in Spanish. Peñas Blancas roughly translates to White Cliffs. I believe the national park is aptly named: The ridge of cliffs … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Photography, Travel
Tagged amphibians, Bear Hunt, bunk beds, camp, Camp Shohola, CEN, Center for Understanding of Nature, cicadas, cliffs, coffee, eco-lodge, frog, frogs, hiking, J.R.R.Tolkien, Jinotega, JRR Tolkien, leaf cutter ants, mammals, Matagalpa, Mirkwood, nature, outdoors, Penas Blancas, photo, photography, photos, pictures, reptiles, Shohola, snake, snakes, The Hobbit, wildlife
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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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When North is to the South in Hungary
Before I jump into the story I want you to imagine a dark, dilapidated train station deep behind the Iron Curtain in the 70’s. You’re going to need this mental image later in the story. In May/June 2012 I took … Continue reading
Posted in Incidents of Travel Past
Tagged Berlin, Budapest, camp, Camp Shohola, EasyJet, friend, friends, frienship, Germany, hostel, Hungary, iron curtain, Shohola, Soviet Union, train, train station
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National Entrepreneurship Congress and Competition
Last Wednesday through Friday was the National Entrepreneurship Congress and Competition, which is the culmination of a year of work for Small Business Development Volunteers, teachers, and students all around Nicaragua. I didn’t have a team competing. My students had … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Teaching
Tagged camp, Camp Shohola, conference center, electric keyboard, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship competition, Entrepreneurship Congress, Esteli, hotel, hotel and conference center, keyboard, Managua, motivated, motivation, music pedal, networking, Nicaragua, pedal, Shohola, Spanish, tea
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Stopover in Honolulu
Incidents of Travel Past is still going strong. This time, I get “Lost” on a flight from Sydney to Los Angeles. Yes, Sydney to LAX. In late 2012 I went to Australia for the first time. I spent New Years … Continue reading
Posted in Incidents of Travel Past
Tagged airline, airlines, airplane, Australia, camp, Camp Shohola, flight, flight cancellation, Hawaii, Honolulu, LAX, Los Angeles, Lost, Oceanic 815, Oceanic Airlines, Pacific Ocean, Shohola, Sydney, United, United Airlines
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Escape from Cobán
This post is part 4 in a series of posts I am calling Incidents of Travel Past. This post takes us to Cobán in the country of Guatemala in August 2011. May 2011 saw me graduate from college, and afterwards I worked … Continue reading
Posted in Incidents of Travel Past, Travel, Vlog
Tagged Belize, British, camp, Camp Shohola, Central America, Coban, college, gorge, graduation, Guatemala, guest house, hotel, land bridge, Lanquin, police, river, Semuc Champey, Shohola, video, video blog, video diary, video log, videos, vlog
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Day is Done
Seven weeks ago I congratulated Camp Shohola and my friends and the staff there on the opening of summer number 72. And today I want to congratulate them once again on successfully closing the summer. I’ve only heard from a … Continue reading
Posted in Vlog
Tagged camp, Camp Shohola, CommTech, congratulations, Shohola, summer, Tom Gibson, video, Video Production, YouTube
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Happy 72nd Camp Shohola!
On this blog I often mention “camp” or “Shohola.” Both of these refer to the sleep-away camp that I attended and worked at for 12 years, Camp Shohola. I love the place and the people very much, and I wish … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged camp, Camp Shohola, Greeley, Lake Greeley, Pennsylvania, photo, photograph, picture, Shohola
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The “Pussification” of the Peace Corps
One of the first books that I read back in September after being invited to serve in the Peace Corps in Nicaragua was a book called, The Gringo: A Memoir. It tells the story of a recent Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Peace Corps, Philosophy, Teaching, Training
Tagged camp, Camp Shohola, Communism, Cuerpo de Paz, Freire, gringo, Herbert Marcuse, Marcuse, Marxism, Nicaragua, One Dimensional Man, Paulo Freire, Peace Corps, pedagogy, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, pussification, Shohola, socialism, The Gringo, trainee, training, Uncle Larry, United States Peace Corps, US Peace Corps
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Why I Decided to Join the Peace Corps, Reconsidered
Today when we met with our youth group to finish the jelly for the big sale tomorrow one of the kids in the youth group, a 14 year old by the name of James, spent the entire time making fun … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Training
Tagged camp, Camp Shohola, counselor, counselors, insecurities, international, internationals, jalea, jam, jelly, jovenes, Nicaragua, PC, Peace Corps, Shohola, speech, US Peace Corps, youth group
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