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Fundamental Differences
Sometimes, after being in a place for a while everything starts to seem normal. People have an amazing capacity for adjustment, and this is probably especially true for PCVs who are stuck in an area with both very supportive volunteers and who are strongly involved in their community or work places. Due to this familiarity [...]
Day in pics Redux
Dear ole brother sent me a new camera a few weeks ago and I just received in the mail this Tuesday. I thought this would be a good opportunity to do another “Day in pictures” type post and play with my camera. It’s pretty punk rock. Enjoy… Day in pictures Early in the morning Making [...]
Teaching 2011
It’s been a while. Not as long as it’s been before. But. Awhile… The term for UTG officially started on January 24th or so, not that anybody really showed up or started teaching (including myself…ahem…). My first classes were last week, so, it’s been a little busy around here. For some unknown and inexplicable reason, [...]
Final Exam Numbers.
I’ve finally gotten around to finishing my grading for my CPS 306 course, which is the web programming course I’m teaching for the University of The Gambia. The midterm exam went, how does one say, rather poorly. The class average was a mighty 38. Which, sadly, is actually just below a D on the Gambian [...]
Final Exams
So. It’s final exam week at the University. Since I managed to … forget … about my web programming test I thought I’d post pictures for the CPS 111 test. What is CPS 111 you might ask? Well, faithful readers, it’s a basic computer literacy course that all University students have to take. It goes [...]