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Monthly Archives: October 2015
TEPCE in the Campo
The last Friday of every month is teacher training and planning day in Nicaragua. The acronym is TEPCE. I forget what it stands for. Monday was my departmental Competition. Wednesday was Matagalpa’s, and Thursday was Estelí’s and Madriz’s. On Thursday, … Continue reading
Posted in Logistics, Travel
Tagged 9/11, agro-tourism, agrotourism, art, Billy Pilgrim, diarreah, dirt road, farm, finca, hammock, hike, hiking, inspiration, Kurt Vonnegut, logistics, mountains, sculpture, sculpture garden, September 11, Slaughterhouse Five, stomach infection, Three Musketeers, Tisey, trek, Vonnegut, walk, walking, waterfall
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Competition Season 2015, Part 2
This is Part 2 of a three part diary style blog post on Entrepreneurship Competition Season. Part 3 will be posted after the National Entrepreneurship Competition on November 18. Click here for Part 1. I thought that after the Municipal Competition I … Continue reading
Safe Zones
For much of my service I’ve been involved in an effort by the Peace Corps to bring same-sex couples to serve in Nicaragua. Since the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act this became a legal possibility, and … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Teaching
Tagged ally, civil rights, discrimination, education, gender-bread person, Genderbread person, human rights, ignorance, LGBT, LGBTIA, LGBTQA, LGBTQAI, LGBTQQAI, safe zone, teacher training, training
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Achuapa
One of my best friends in Nicaragua is Ruben. He is a fellow Volunteer, and lives in the town of Achuapa. It is in the northern reaches of the Department of León. He closes his service on October 27, and … Continue reading
Posted in Logistics
Tagged Achuapa, agricultural tourism, agro-tourism, camp, coffee, day off, friend, friends, friendship, grapes, hibiscus, hiking, León, logistics, Pennsylvania, sesame, solar system, summer nights, tahini, tourism, wine
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Competition Season 2015, Part 1
With the exception of some presentations made at one of my schools a few weeks ago, today was the first day of High School Entrepreneurship Competition Season, 2015. This week the students at my largest high school will be presenting … Continue reading
Posted in León, Peace Corps, Philosophy, Teaching, Vlog, Work
Tagged A/C, air conditioning, Apoyeque, business plan, Captain Kirk, competition, computer lab, death, diary, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship competition, family, hammock, hammocks, Kirk, Managua, Mateare, Momotombito, Momotombo, mourning, Nicaragua, oral presentation, presentation, public speaking, sardonic, Spock, Star Trek, technology, technology in education, tourism, video blog, video log, vlog
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Back to El Tránsito
Over the weekend I went back to El Tránsito for another training session with the ladies of ETCA. They haven’t got the pizza restaurant up and running yet, but they do seem to be making some headway with sales, mostly … Continue reading
Posted in Logistics, Teaching, Work
Tagged analysis, bus, Carretera Vieja, costs, costs & prices, costs and prices, El Tránsito, El Transito Centro de Arte, ETCA, finance, finances, financial analysis, León, logistics, Managua, pizza, prices, surf, surf hostel, surf lodge, surfing, training, Transito
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