Category Archives: Teaching

My primary goal for my first year of service was teaching primary-level English teachers and learning the curriculum.

Epistle from Birganj

By Scott Wallick | Published: Nov 1, 2003
My job is far more complicated than it seems, more problematic that than a printed job description could describe. Basically I work for the Parsa DEO and have a counterpart based there. Her name is Shova. She's a nice woman. We don't really work together much these days, mostly because when I'm in Birgnaj, she's in Kathmandu. And when I'm in Kathmandu, she's in Kathmandu, too, but doesn't return my calls.
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Tomorrow or the day after

By Scott Wallick | Published: Jul 23, 2003
Just like Birganj, my flight from Kathmandu to Birganj was packed with characters. First of all, I had been away from the 'Ganj for nearly six weeks. I remember when Rob had been gone from Birganj for nearly two months people starting appearing every where to ask me, Where is Rob? Where is Rob? Some suffered from Rob-withdrawal, as I had more than a couple people assume that I was Rob (as if in some magical way I had become him). I never understood that.
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Retrained: Revisiting Pre-Service Training

By Scott Wallick | Published: Mar 21, 2003
As I mentioned before, I'd been invited to the current Pre-Service Training (PST) to teach a couple classes in government schools for the new group, N/196, to observe. But observe what? The new group has lots of energy and interest in their jobs. This could go without saying, but some groups are more casual about work.
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Way back in July

By Scott Wallick | Published: Dec 20, 2002
Way back in July it was hot—really hot. The hot that you can't escape, that makes you uncomfortable in your skin. Since it was July it was also the thick of the monsoon. Since it was July, I still wasn't half sure why or what I was doing in Nepal—or if I'd even be here a week later.
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Moving along, moving ahead

By Scott Wallick | Published: Nov 30, 2002
If I'm tired of talking about one thing it's my work. As soon as I see a friend, the first thing that is asked is, So, how's your school? I tell and retell stories about teachers interrupting my classes, the headsir walking out of the office while I'm talking to him, and just the generally unwelcoming tone that the school held towards me for the past six months. I stuck around, taught my classes, played some basketball, all until something finally gave—me.
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