Hey all, I’ve been having a pretty good summer traveling and relaxing. Right now I’m in Bafia in the South. I’ve been here for a week and I have another week left. I’m helping train the new volunteers, and so far it’s been going really well. I got the opportunity to go hang out with [...]

School is over now, so I’ve had a lot more down time to hang around post and with my neighbors which has been really pleasant. The other day I was walking home from the radio station and I saw five of my 1ere students trying to get on the same moto. (Keep in mind, my [...]

So, I like to follow the adage of “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” I also like to follow the adage of “if your life isn’t wildly interesting and you’re not going to take the time to make your blog witty and wonderful, you shouldn’t have a blog.” [...]

So, I took two weeks of vacation and went to Angela Oguna’s wedding in Kenya, and boy let me tell you, Kenya is great. There were a lot of differences between Kenya and Cameroon. Mostly, Kenya is really developed. (Trash cans in downtown Nairobi, what is that about?) And, you can tell that Kenya is [...]

Dear all, Life has been ridiculously busy, but in a good way. I spent most of December frantically filling in report cards before In Service Training. (IST). Zach’s parents also came in from Nigeria to visit (they are working there) so that was pretty fun to get to meet them. It also made Zach and [...]

So, I live at school now, which is okay because the other teachers are nice and they’ve started selling food in the teacher’s lounge. (Though, don’t buy the juice, because, well, trust me on this one). I’m almost done putting in grades for the second sequence which is good. I think it’s funny that Peace [...]

… I thought by now I would be good at things.. definitely not yet. So things have been busy. I feel like I live at good ol’ Lycee Classique these days, and despite all of the work I’m putting in, I still feel incredibly behind on grading, calcualting averages, etc. We’re currently in the process [...]

So, I’ve been in Mokolo for a little over two months, and I’m almost starting to feel settled. Mostly, that means that I’ve finally accepted the fact that for the next two years I will have no idea what is going on, and I’ve gotten much better at just rolling with it. We just finished [...]

So, classes are going well enough. I figured out why my section of 5eme 3 was so problematic. I had probably around 170 kids in my class, and there wasn’t even close to enough space for all of the kids to have a place to sit. Turns out, at the same time that I teach [...]

So, lesson number 1, 2, and 3 have been dedicated to deciding whether or not I am a “sir” or “ma’am”. Classes are in full swing, and oh my god, wow. That is really the only way I can describe it. What is most shocking, is I think the kids are actually learning. I teach [...]

Hello Again, Sorry I fell off the grid for a while. Things got really busy with training, and then there were issues with electricity in Bafia, so I wasn’t able to use the internet for my last few weeks there. Here is what is new in my life: I am officially a Peace Corps Volunteer! [...]

Sorry about the long gap in updating. Things have been incredibly busy here. I’ve been student teaching at our model school which by and large has been a great experience. I teach a class of premiere, which is equivalent to a high school junior. Here is a bit of info about the Cameroonian education system: [...]

Dear All, So I am still in Bafia and things are going relatively well. Two weeks ago (my how the time flies!) I went to Mokolo to visit my post. It was a lot of traveling to cram into 6 days. We left at noon on Tuesday and took a bus to Yaounde. Then we [...]

I got in a little over a week ago and we spent the first few days in the capital, Yaounde. There really isn’t much to say about Yaounde because we were pretty much under house arrest at the hotel: they even had paramilitary men guarding it 24-7 which was pretty intense and unnecessary, but it [...]

Bonjour! So, tomorrow I’m scampering off to Philly where Peace Corps is corralling all of the June 2010 Cameroon Volunteers. It should be a lovely time full of vaccinations and information. Actually I am super stoked to meet everyone, and after the day and a half staging (orientation), I will finally hop on the plane [...]