I decided to google myself today (which I do on occassion, just out of curiosity. And fear of stalkers). Turns out I have some testimonials posted on the BYU Humanities Home page. Now you can read about how much I loved my Humanities degree...
Visit http://hccl.byu.edu/hum.php and click on "About" in the menu bar and then "Graduate Testimonials." I'm listed twice.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Day 4: More schools in La Paz
Dated March 17, 2009:
"Brought TP with me today. Much better. Two of my favorite friends here in Bolivia are TP and hand sanitizer.
I love this place, this adventure, these people. I can't get enough of this. I will be very sad to leave, but so grateful for every single moment.
Today we first visited another university where Ariel teaches. This was a catholic school and was a lot bigger and more modern. It still had a very small library. Afterwards we went back to the Normal School where we had some tea and met with the four directors of the school. Ariel thought it went well, so that's good. Brian and I also had to talk in English to an English class, which was fun becuase we got to practice our ESL techniques.
We then went with Ariel and had lunch at an obscure restaurant where we ate chicharron and fricase. Very heavy pork with all it's fat attached and white corn. Ariel talked to me and Brian about the LDS church a bit, and we talked a lot about future exchanges for UW and Normal School students. I think Ariel has become quite fond of us.
Then we met up with Gabriela, a lady named Jenny, and our friend Javier (who we met when he was visiting UW a few months ago). They showed us two public schools in La Paz. We watched a couple of Project Citizen projects, which were good as usual. One class gave us prosperity necklaces made up of fake money from differen't countries. I love the secondary students here. They remind me so much of U.S. students. Adolecense is adolecense, no matter where you live.
Then we met up with Ingrid and took a walk down El Prado and met up with the other students. We walked through a protest (noted by 3 firecrackers and nothing more at that point), and we did some shopping at the Witches Market and other stores. All of the students bargained the vendors down to the best price. It was hard for me and Brian to bargain much, because the prices were so cheap to begin with, but it seemed a source of pride for our Bolivian friends to be thrifty, so we let them. I almost got my foot ran over by a crazy driver, but was pulled back just in time by my Bolivian friends. They've really taken good care of us. We ate at a place called Pollo Cochabamba (like KFC, but worse). I really enjoyed myself.
Oh, I almost forgot. We also visited the American Embassy today while Mariel and Jhovana applied for their visas to go to Laramie. It was a crazy experience, because it was just like being back in the States as soon as we stepped through the doors. It seemed like there was a little bit of tension in the place (see article on recent expulsion of U.S. Ambassaor from Bolivia), and it was like being in another world for a brief moment. Embassies are kind of wierd places. I felt much more comfortable outside the Embassy in the craziness of La Paz than I did inside the pseudo U.S. world."
"Brought TP with me today. Much better. Two of my favorite friends here in Bolivia are TP and hand sanitizer.
I love this place, this adventure, these people. I can't get enough of this. I will be very sad to leave, but so grateful for every single moment.
Today we first visited another university where Ariel teaches. This was a catholic school and was a lot bigger and more modern. It still had a very small library. Afterwards we went back to the Normal School where we had some tea and met with the four directors of the school. Ariel thought it went well, so that's good. Brian and I also had to talk in English to an English class, which was fun becuase we got to practice our ESL techniques.
We then went with Ariel and had lunch at an obscure restaurant where we ate chicharron and fricase. Very heavy pork with all it's fat attached and white corn. Ariel talked to me and Brian about the LDS church a bit, and we talked a lot about future exchanges for UW and Normal School students. I think Ariel has become quite fond of us.
Then we met up with Gabriela, a lady named Jenny, and our friend Javier (who we met when he was visiting UW a few months ago). They showed us two public schools in La Paz. We watched a couple of Project Citizen projects, which were good as usual. One class gave us prosperity necklaces made up of fake money from differen't countries. I love the secondary students here. They remind me so much of U.S. students. Adolecense is adolecense, no matter where you live.
Then we met up with Ingrid and took a walk down El Prado and met up with the other students. We walked through a protest (noted by 3 firecrackers and nothing more at that point), and we did some shopping at the Witches Market and other stores. All of the students bargained the vendors down to the best price. It was hard for me and Brian to bargain much, because the prices were so cheap to begin with, but it seemed a source of pride for our Bolivian friends to be thrifty, so we let them. I almost got my foot ran over by a crazy driver, but was pulled back just in time by my Bolivian friends. They've really taken good care of us. We ate at a place called Pollo Cochabamba (like KFC, but worse). I really enjoyed myself.
Oh, I almost forgot. We also visited the American Embassy today while Mariel and Jhovana applied for their visas to go to Laramie. It was a crazy experience, because it was just like being back in the States as soon as we stepped through the doors. It seemed like there was a little bit of tension in the place (see article on recent expulsion of U.S. Ambassaor from Bolivia), and it was like being in another world for a brief moment. Embassies are kind of wierd places. I felt much more comfortable outside the Embassy in the craziness of La Paz than I did inside the pseudo U.S. world."
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Penguin Poop: A useful thing
Ok, since I'm still sitting in front of my computer...
I've been folowing current events on NASA and space to enhance my astronomy experience, and I came across the following article that discusses tracking penguin poop from space to locate isolated penguin colonies in Antarctica. I just thought this was wild, but makes sense.
And I must make another shout out to March of the Penguins. Love it.
Tracking Penguin Poop from Space article
I've been folowing current events on NASA and space to enhance my astronomy experience, and I came across the following article that discusses tracking penguin poop from space to locate isolated penguin colonies in Antarctica. I just thought this was wild, but makes sense.
And I must make another shout out to March of the Penguins. Love it.
Tracking Penguin Poop from Space article
Summer Air...Who wants to blog?
Dear friends,
Yes, I have taken a long absense from writing anything on this blog of mine. For two reasons primarily. First, it is summer, and any good Wyoming citizen knows that during the short summer months that we experience it is a crime to spend any more time inside than you have to. And second, I am studying Astromony 6-8 hours a day for a total of six weeks. But to appease the one person that reads my blog (you know who you are V), here's an update:
I kind of graduated from the University of Wyoming with a second BA in Spanish and a couple of teaching licenses for Spanish and ESL. I say "kind of," because I still have a class and short internship this summer, but I walked, got the empty diploma holder, and ate the cake, so here's the pics:
Yes, I have taken a long absense from writing anything on this blog of mine. For two reasons primarily. First, it is summer, and any good Wyoming citizen knows that during the short summer months that we experience it is a crime to spend any more time inside than you have to. And second, I am studying Astromony 6-8 hours a day for a total of six weeks. But to appease the one person that reads my blog (you know who you are V), here's an update:
I kind of graduated from the University of Wyoming with a second BA in Spanish and a couple of teaching licenses for Spanish and ESL. I say "kind of," because I still have a class and short internship this summer, but I walked, got the empty diploma holder, and ate the cake, so here's the pics:
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