Stephen Bubenheim, 131 TESS Wake up. Hard bed and bones creak. Walk to the fridge; a dead lizard inside. How’d you manage that? Sugary powdered not-coffee. Ants in the water heater. Ants […]
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Group 131 Yearbook: Words of Appreciation
Counterparts and Community of Group 131 Every year, during the first few months of service, Peace Corps staff visit the new group of Peace Corps Volunteers at their sites to see how […]
Home
Natalie Heinitz, 131 YinD Home is the Nationals’ radio broadcast while I make breakfast and Home is Kacey’s “Slow Burn” while I stretch away the stress and Home is reading for hours […]
Beauty Standards
Shannon Murphy Berrios, 131 TESS So, my students found my Facebook and it’s nothing I am ashamed of. But of course, they find the photos of me playing model in New York […]
Growing Pains
Caitlin Navratil, 131 YinD I stand, sweating (as ususal), as my counterpart loads the car. Our drive was going to be an absurd twelve hours from Reconnect back to Ngim, so there […]
Never Thought I’d Be Into ___ Until I Joined Peace Corps
Check out what a few Sticky Rice staff members thought they would never be into until they joined Peace Corps. Ali Talwar, 130 TESS I never thought I’d be a proponent of […]
A Salutation
Nhi Le, 130 TESS I could sense it as I rounded the bend. It had been two days since I last saw his spiky gray hair and heard his lilted, “Wadii Kru!” […]
What’s Next
Ali Talwar, 130 TESS People have asked me about “what’s next” since I told them I was joining the Peace Corps. After I had gone through so many steps to even get […]
Apple Pie
Roshawn Hollie, 131 YinD I looked at a million words the rhyme with “goodbye.” The best rhyme I found was “apple pie.” If I compared this experience to apple pie, I would […]
End of the Honeymoon Period
Daylisha Reid, 130 YinD It happened to me. All of the things I refused to believe could. People said, “Enjoy it while it lasts,” and I thought to myself, “Please, that could […]
Why We are Friends: Two Perspectives
Berline Exume, 130 TESS I have to admit that I am not big on making friends. I have found ways in my life to be friendly, but not let that friendliness evolve […]
This Could Have Been a Love Story
Tim Connors, 130 TESS I met Nit at a national park where a geyser shoots steaming hot water into the air. She worked at the service desk. Her cheeks were dimpled, her […]
On Trusting a Fart and Getting Over Myself
Megan McNelis, 131 TESS “I remember thinking, ah, Thailand… that’s not very metal.” It was my first time venturing out of my site for the weekend, and T. and I were sipping […]
I Will Never Forget You
Halli Benson, 130 TESS My mouth is wide open, breath heavy behind my Buff. Sweat is flowing from every pore, and sunscreen is running into my eyes. I can see the top […]
The Art of Teaching
Gabe Reid, 130 TESS There are times every week where I notice I’m attempting to capitalize on pivotal “teaching moments” outside our usual English curriculum. Whether it’s in the classroom or outside […]
