2013-01-28
Development: noun. The process of developing or being developed. A specific state of growth or advancement. Being so general, the formal definition of the word “development” is open to many interpretations, and can be applied to an array of situations. Animals develop biologically, countries develop economically, plans, plots, and people also all develop. The definition...
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2013-01-28
One of the topics I had been curious about learning in taking a gap year was poverty. I could not come to understand how poverty existed in the 21st century. After spending two months in Puerto Quito, Ecuador and becoming familiarized with Voices of the Poor I have discovered a new definition for Poverty and...
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2013-01-25
– When my baby sister screams my name – When my host dad calls me his daughter – When people in my village, or random people I have never met before, tell me I know how to speak Pulaar (real mood boaster) – When my brother dances just to make me laugh – Literally sitting...
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2013-01-25
Belay all judgments. Think. Observe. Ask. When words like weird, disorganized, and crazy are used, what is happening? Why do I perceive that someone is disorganized, or weird? I lived in a relatively small capsule where thoughts converged to funnel certain thoughts down rivulets that led to a lake of stagnant thoughts. The thoughts of...
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2013-01-25
The New Year brings about thoughts of reflection and change. In this spirit I’ve come up with a list of ten things I like or have enjoyed about Senegal so far (in no particular order of importance): 1. Ceeb (rice): When I say rice I really just mean all food here. While it can...
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2013-01-25
The fact that it’s called “school” pretty much ends the similarities to any American school I have ever seen. My sister and I walked up to school and saw the children of Boussoura just waiting to be let in to the two locked rooms. When the teacher showed up, I went into the class with...
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2013-01-24
Each family has a patriarch. He may have more than one wife, though I observe most commonly that a man has no more than two wives in one household. They have many children if they are fortunate; child mortality rates are relatively high. When a wife passes, the partriarch may take another wife. When the...
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