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i'm one of those people
the last few times that i have been home i'd sit in the living room and meander about until i could find a wireless signal. i would usually connect to one called "da hood" which is a bit of comedy in itself. but, i came home thursday night to find that "da hood" was no longer appearing in my list of available networks. and, today, a miracle happened. i found another network on my balcony. it's kind of nice to be forced to go outside to use the internet. i am always one of those people when i come home because my mom doesn't 1) need or 2) really know how to navigate through the world wide web.
today i called into the peace corps office to accept my invitation to the dominican republic. the placement assistant, maria, asked me if i had any concerns regarding the sector that i have been nominated for. my job will be to educate mothers, children, and youth on good health practices -- good nutrition, hygiene, sexual health, HIV/AIDS prevention, ect. after reading peace corps journals of people in my sector of work i felt highly under-qualified and not trained at all. i told maria this and she said that my placement officer, suzanne, is very thorough about going through people's resumes and qualifications and that she would not have placed me here if she didn't feel like i could handle it. i guess i have to believe her.
in a couple weeks i'll be getting more information from the peacecorps. i'm supposed to update my resume and write an aspiration statement within the next two weeks. i also have to apply for a special peace corps passport since you can't travel on official government business on a civilian passport.
in other news, i had a minor freak-out today because i thought that i hadn't graduated. my degree progress report didn't show that i had completed my scientific inquiry requirement because the physical lab that i took was 3.0 units and the physical science i took was 4.0 units. they needed to be at least 4.5 units each. i called the registrar in a panic but she told me that everything was fine and i had a "whew" moment.
hopefully this wireless signal is pretty stable and i'll be able to keep up with everyone's lives. i'm already missing my friends from UCLA and it's been two days. but, there are new adventures ahead, and a lot of unpacking to do before i have to pack again.
the last few times that i have been home i'd sit in the living room and meander about until i could find a wireless signal. i would usually connect to one called "da hood" which is a bit of comedy in itself. but, i came home thursday night to find that "da hood" was no longer appearing in my list of available networks. and, today, a miracle happened. i found another network on my balcony. it's kind of nice to be forced to go outside to use the internet. i am always one of those people when i come home because my mom doesn't 1) need or 2) really know how to navigate through the world wide web.
today i called into the peace corps office to accept my invitation to the dominican republic. the placement assistant, maria, asked me if i had any concerns regarding the sector that i have been nominated for. my job will be to educate mothers, children, and youth on good health practices -- good nutrition, hygiene, sexual health, HIV/AIDS prevention, ect. after reading peace corps journals of people in my sector of work i felt highly under-qualified and not trained at all. i told maria this and she said that my placement officer, suzanne, is very thorough about going through people's resumes and qualifications and that she would not have placed me here if she didn't feel like i could handle it. i guess i have to believe her.
in a couple weeks i'll be getting more information from the peacecorps. i'm supposed to update my resume and write an aspiration statement within the next two weeks. i also have to apply for a special peace corps passport since you can't travel on official government business on a civilian passport.
in other news, i had a minor freak-out today because i thought that i hadn't graduated. my degree progress report didn't show that i had completed my scientific inquiry requirement because the physical lab that i took was 3.0 units and the physical science i took was 4.0 units. they needed to be at least 4.5 units each. i called the registrar in a panic but she told me that everything was fine and i had a "whew" moment.
hopefully this wireless signal is pretty stable and i'll be able to keep up with everyone's lives. i'm already missing my friends from UCLA and it's been two days. but, there are new adventures ahead, and a lot of unpacking to do before i have to pack again.