Monthly Archives: August 2012
Orientation
I began this post over a week ago (on a bus), but I have been so busy that I have not had a chance to finish it. Unfortunately, this is not a post with an overriding theme, because there are … Continue reading
Briefly
I am really busy with training at the moment, but I didn’t want it to seem like I am dropping the blog, so a brief update follows. I will be teaching at Ngara Secondary School in the Kagera region of … Continue reading
Culture and language, or, “What does that mean?”
The other day, as I was taking a Swahili lesson, one of the women who works at the place I am staying at had a brief conversation with my teacher, Jeremiah. “Did you understand what she said?” he asked. I … Continue reading
A dirty creek and its consequences
As promised, this post will continue to develop on one the issues that was brought up over the course of the bicycle tour I took last weekend. During the tour, we rode over a small creek that ran through two … Continue reading
That shirt looks awfully familiar
I spent today on a bike tour of some of the poorer neighborhoods in Dar es Salaam, and my next couple posts will relate to some of the things I saw today, as I try to connect them to my … Continue reading