...swimming in the stream of consciousness since '83...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
i'm thinking...
i kind of want to join the peace corps....
huh.
4 comments:
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said...
One of the people that I knew who joined the Peace Corps turned into a insanely bitter atheistic, gay communist UK basketball fan (I wish I was kidding). The other became a devote husband, father, Christian and Republican.
I'm betting there's a wide, wide range in-between.
One of my best friends and his wife are coming back from the Corps in a few weeks. I haven't really had a chance to sit down with them in a couple of years, but the impression that I get from the few emails I've received was that they were generally pretty fulfilled by the experience, though it was getting pretty frustrating by the end. It seems that Paraguayan farmers aren't too hot on taking agriculture tips from two American white kids ;).
Never heard any safety complaints at all, but I'd imagine that varies with where you go.
My limited contacts agree with B.Sherm. While there is gratitude for being there, natives do resent "know-it-all white Americans" telling them what to do.
On the flip side, the guy who became a devout Christian saw a man leading a chimp around on a leash. He talked to him and found out it was destined to be "Bush meat" (named after the jungle bush, not W). He bought the chimp and gave it to a game reserve but God knows how well it did afterwards.
4 comments:
One of the people that I knew who joined the Peace Corps turned into a insanely bitter atheistic, gay communist UK basketball fan (I wish I was kidding). The other became a devote husband, father, Christian and Republican.
I'm betting there's a wide, wide range in-between.
wow. talk about life-changing experiences...
i'm kind of concerned about the safety of it- but i still have to complete my bachelors before i can join. so theres time to think.
One of my best friends and his wife are coming back from the Corps in a few weeks. I haven't really had a chance to sit down with them in a couple of years, but the impression that I get from the few emails I've received was that they were generally pretty fulfilled by the experience, though it was getting pretty frustrating by the end. It seems that Paraguayan farmers aren't too hot on taking agriculture tips from two American white kids ;).
Never heard any safety complaints at all, but I'd imagine that varies with where you go.
My limited contacts agree with B.Sherm. While there is gratitude for being there, natives do resent "know-it-all white Americans" telling them what to do.
On the flip side, the guy who became a devout Christian saw a man leading a chimp around on a leash. He talked to him and found out it was destined to be "Bush meat" (named after the jungle bush, not W). He bought the chimp and gave it to a game reserve but God knows how well it did afterwards.
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