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Tag Archives: training
Practicum Week
Around this time last year I was sent north to Jinotega for a Volunteer Visit with then Small Business Development Volunteer Hannah (she is now a Returned PC Volunteer in the US, meaning she completed her two years of service). … Continue reading
Posted in León, Peace Corps, Training
Tagged beach, black clams, business advisory, business training, ceviche, Chinandega, clam, clams, cooperative, education, fish, fish market, fish processing, fried fish, Jinotega, León, lesson plan, lesson planning, lesson plans, mangroves, Nicaragua, ocean, Peace Corps, Small Business Development Volunteers, teacher training, teaching, training, US Peace Corps, wetlands
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Cerro Negro
So far, two months into my service, I haven’t started any projects other than working on the entrepreneurship curriculum in the schools. That’s fine though, because I’ve been working hard at networking and identifying who I can start other projects … Continue reading
Posted in León, Vlog
Tagged active volcano, ash boarding, ashboarding, Cerro Negro, community development, cooperative, cordillera, crater, eruption, lava, León, Maribios, Nicaragua, ring of fire, rural, rural tourism, San Cristobal, sand boarding, sandboarding, Telica, tourism, training, volcano, volcano boarding
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A Menagerie of Videos From Training
I haven’t been able to get these videos from training up till now, but they sure are good. Presenting Daniel Ortega, President of the Republic, Malú, a particularly exuberant puppy, and Luis Mariano, simultaneously dancing and pummeling a piñata at his … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Training
Tagged Cuerpo de Paz, dance, dancing, Daniel Ortega, dog, Nicaragua, Niquinohomo, Ortega, Peace Corps, pinata, puppy, San Juan de Oriente, training, US Peace Corps
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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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I’ve Been Here for Five Weeks, So Where is My Permanent Site Going to Be?
As of today I have been in Nicaragua for five weeks. I’ve been in training the whole time, but I’ve still had plenty of opportunities to work in and see the Nicaraguan secondary education system. I’ve taught in two different … Continue reading
Milkshakes, Peanut Butter, Frappuchinos, and Other Fun Things
One of the things that the PC staff here in Nicaragua is very proud of (and apparently well known for throughout the PC worldwide) is what they call CBT – community based training. We don’t live together in Managua for … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Training
Tagged business, creativity, emprendedurismo, entrepreneurship, Peace Corps, training, US Peace Corps
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A Day in the Life of a Small Business Development (“Pequeños Negocios”) Trainee in Nicaragua
7:00 AM – Wake up to the alarm on my phone* Shower (cold) and shave (often without a mirror, and it is very hard to clean the razor blade because there isn’t … Continue reading
Nicaragua
I have been in Nicaragua since last Wednesday. However, I only really felt like I got here on Saturday when I arrived at my host family in San Juan de Oriente, Masaya. Before that we were at a hotel in … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Travel
Tagged Masaya, Nicaragua, Peace Corps, San Juan de Oriente, Small Business Development, Spanish, training, US Peace Corps
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