2018-10-26
A House Divided, Two Nations at Stake In a flash, two months of my bridge-year odyssey has passed. This period will forever be remembered as a significant milestone, a time when I succeeded in the enormous task of settling myself into this new life abroad. Being an American living in Brazil, an individual invested in...
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Disclaimer: I fully understand and respect each individual’s right to interpret political landscapes as they will. The following is not the right answer. It’s simply my simplified understanding of extraordinarily complex political dynamics. Brazil, as with much of South America and elsewhere, has repeatedly struggled with corrupt politicians in the government. In 2003, PT (Partido...
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La primera semana en Senegal fue fabulosa! Fue la semana de bienvenida, estuve en Dakar con todos los Fellows y comenzamos a alistarnos para ir con nuestras familias de acogida Cosas que aprendí en mi primera semana en Senegal: -No olvides tomar tu pastilla para la malaria – nunca salgas sin haberte puesto repelente!! –...
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2018-10-25
Time is different in Brazil. There are many reasons why – I went from British summer time with the sun setting at 11pm, to it setting here at 6:30pm. We eat lunch anywhere between 1pm and 4pm, and tea just before going to bed. The busses can come up to 20 minutes before or after...
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Sometimes, you start writing, but then the pen explodes and the mosquitoes find you. It is at this point where you recognize that the world is telling you to stop and start again. So here’s attempt number two at this blog! ~ There’s been a man in my entryway seated in one of our creaky,...
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2018-10-24
I’ve spent the past several days trying to think of adjectives to describe my apprenticeship experience so far, and I can only think of one simple one: crazy. For the last month and a half, I have been waking up at 6 AM to hail a rickshaw to my government school 25 minutes away, where...
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It is 2:33 am on Wednesday October 24th and I am currently crying in my bed and can’t sleep. I have always heard of home sickness but I’ve never really experienced it for myself until now. It’s been a little over a month in Ecuador and it’s been nothing but posativity and amazing experiences and...
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