Site Announcement
This week all of the volunteers found out where we will be going for the next two years. After sharing our preferences for the kind of community we want (like big or small city, far or close to things, big or small class size, etc.) it was finally time for the big reveal!
The staff drew out a map of Liberia with all of the counties. Then we were blindfolded and brought to the location on the map where we will be serving in. After the anxious waiting we were able to take our blindfolds off and I opened my eyes to see that I would be in Grand Kru County in the Southeast! Here's a map below:
After we received a packet of information where it showed us a picture of our home, information about the shool and lots of details to get us excited and prepared for where we will be staying. From the information I received, my community will be a little smaller than 7,000 people, and I will be placed in a small middle school (7th-10th) grade where their primary need is for a math teacher and general science teacher. The school has about 80 children and it looks like my class sizes will be about 15-35 people. It's really exactly what I was hoping for!
Also, the southeast will be a really interesting place in the country to be. Because of the bad road conditions it takes about 2 days to travel to Grand Kru County by car. In a country that's about the size of the state of Tennessee it's crazy to think it will take this long to travel there. For this reason the majority of the volunteers will be flying there, but I offered to drive with 5 others since the plane isn't big enough. I'll have plenty more to share once I am there but for now I'm happy to know where I'll be.
In addition to finding out our site, this week marked the end of Liberian English language training. I will be learning the basics of the Grebo language since it is regionally spoken where I will be teaching. I'm feeling much more confident in speaking and having an ear for Liberian English.
We also just finished teaching model school this week! It was 3 weeks where all of the volunteers got practice teaching (some of us for the first time) and it was a really good experience. I was teaching geometry to about 60, 7th graders and boy, was it a good learning experience. It was very challenging compared to other teaching experience I've had when looking at managing behavior and teaching content. It gave me a much better sense of what a 7th grader will know, especially when it comes to the fundamentals. For this reason I'm very excited that I'll be teaching at the middle school level so that I can help students earlier in their schooling to get the basics before they move on. That's all for now, next time I'll be in my new home :)
The staff drew out a map of Liberia with all of the counties. Then we were blindfolded and brought to the location on the map where we will be serving in. After the anxious waiting we were able to take our blindfolds off and I opened my eyes to see that I would be in Grand Kru County in the Southeast! Here's a map below:
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| Grand Kru County in the Southeast |
After we received a packet of information where it showed us a picture of our home, information about the shool and lots of details to get us excited and prepared for where we will be staying. From the information I received, my community will be a little smaller than 7,000 people, and I will be placed in a small middle school (7th-10th) grade where their primary need is for a math teacher and general science teacher. The school has about 80 children and it looks like my class sizes will be about 15-35 people. It's really exactly what I was hoping for!
Also, the southeast will be a really interesting place in the country to be. Because of the bad road conditions it takes about 2 days to travel to Grand Kru County by car. In a country that's about the size of the state of Tennessee it's crazy to think it will take this long to travel there. For this reason the majority of the volunteers will be flying there, but I offered to drive with 5 others since the plane isn't big enough. I'll have plenty more to share once I am there but for now I'm happy to know where I'll be.
In addition to finding out our site, this week marked the end of Liberian English language training. I will be learning the basics of the Grebo language since it is regionally spoken where I will be teaching. I'm feeling much more confident in speaking and having an ear for Liberian English.
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| Our language class and teachers |
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| 7C&D Peace Corps Model School Teachers |
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