Category Archives: Teacher Training

Half of my job was to train teachers in English language instruction

First impressions

Due to a glitch in the Peace Corps mechanism, I’ve been asked to come to the Peace Corps PST training site and teach in a class while the new folks, PCTs, watch. I could fly, but I’ve decided to take a bus to Bhairahawa, where PST is being held.
I have a plan of gradually traveling [...]

Way back in July

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 [...]