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Another blog by an SIT PIM 65 easing into her discomfort, exercising reflective practice (praxis), navigating a multilingual nation with dirty-english, bad-russian, and sub-romanian language skills, while working with teachers in a post-soviet structure. What can she possibly do to instigate changes that will benefit young people here in school and society?
Sunday 17 June 2007
Itinerary
This is a big map of where I will go on my way home to CRochester, NY. I made the blue lines on it to show my little path. Imagine me on a train at night and wandering around in the cities during the day. There are 3 overnight trains: Chisinau to Bucharest, Bucharest to Budapest, and Zagreb to
Thursday 7 June 2007
RICH AMERICA
I continue to meet people who have no idea that there is poverty in the US. They really have no actual knowledge of poor people living in the US!!!
Here’s one comment I got this week:
“I will sure try, thank you. The main idea of the whole previous text is that your, American children, the young
Saturday 12 May 2007
Dissenting Catholic
The pope said before going to Brazil that those who voted for legalizing abortion in Mexico had excommunicated themselves. I grew up Catholic and even as an adult have taught the catechism class at church or worked with youth group as a member of Corpus Christi parish (before the bishop removed
Sunday 29 April 2007
Spring Trains
Some other ex-pats and I have agreed that we all have a similar experience of “not adjusting” to Moldova. I’ll speak for myself: I never got into any routine here. I never got into a schedule of eating, sleeping, waking, bathing, shi… whatever- at any particular time. I tried to keep up my yoga
Sunday 11 March 2007
Making your own map
There is an idea that nations and borders don’t need to exist and that humans have created more problems in the world by adhering to the ideal of nationalism rather than by trying to dissolve borders. On the other hand, degrading the integrity of nations could lead to the loss of individual
Name: k fredrick
I dig: education change, diversity, kayaking, social justice, peace, red wine, Rochester, NY, travel, salsa, swing, reggae, dogs, women’s issues, the beach, eco-feminism, xc skiing, dark chocolate, alternative energy, socialism, hiking, revolutionaries, skating, my garden, growing stuff, my compost heap, digging...
Location: Rochester, Chisinau, places in between
