October 5th
signifies the official beginning, although not the real start, of the new
school year here in Madagascar
and the beginning of my last year of teaching (maybe) here as well. I have gone into this new year looking
forward to the year ahead. The new year
brings in a new set of students and a fresh start; a new beginning. Not that the first year had a bad start; it
was just a bit rocky. I went into it
with little idea of the school culture into which I was entering, the scheduling
(or the lack of abiding by it), or real experience in a Malagasy
classroom. Any one of these alone would
create a learning curve for any teacher, but all of them together are a far
greater challenge. It is not like Peace
Corps did not try to prepare us for all of these because they did; at least to
some extent. They told us about the
school culture during training, but, like all of you following my blog can most
likely attest to, there is only so much one can extrapolate from the words and
stories of another without seeing it
MSC
MSC
(Mid-Service Conference) marks the halfway point of my service here in Madagascar. It is more of a training than a conference
but it is one of three times that all of the volunteers from my stage come
together. It is a great opportunity for
all of us to catch up on what is new in everyone’s life and to learn what has
been happening at their sites. Not to
mention that it is a time for us to enjoy the PCTC (Peace Corps Training Center) and all of the amazing foods that
we get to eat. It is also during this
time that we get our mid-service physical and teeth cleaning.
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