When I learned that the majority of my time during the summer will be spent with children I FREAKED. But why? Well, that’s because naturally, I stay away from kids because they just annoy me. However, this time I had no choice but to surround myself with children while always finding a way to entertain…
The Human Insensitivity
As humans and Americans, we have grown up in most cases to have an individualistic view. When it comes to our food in most cases we do not really care where our food comes from as long as we have it on our table and going in our stomach. We only care about what we…
Potato, patata
I forgot how to say potato in English today and I’ve never been happier. It was only for a few seconds that I stammered before I remembered, but in those few seconds, all that my head could come up with was patata. I’d been switching in and out of Spanish all day and for the…
From the Bean Trees of Arizona to the Orchards of Adams County
This summer, I started reading The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver. It was the first time I have been able to read for fun after a rigorous and demanding school year. It was a random find -a recommendation from my mom- but, to my surprise, it fits perfectly with what we are learning this summer….
Thank you!
The one question that I have trouble answering is, “What will you miss most about Namibia?” It is hard because there are literally so many things that I will miss about Namibia. Time flew by really fast and I felt just like yesterday when Sophie and I just arrived in Omaruru and next thing we…
Goodbye, Socks and Sandals
In less than a week I get in a plane, travel for about 24 hours, then land in the United States, welcomed by the open arms of my family, the scent of my favorite fresh coffee brewing in my house, and my dog (who I missed the most, honestly). I can’t imagine re-starting life in…
Visit your Grandma more: why seniors matter
I’ve always been a bit of an old woman. I grew up surrounded by mostly all adults and it shows. I know a lot more about The Andy Griffith Show and Dean Martin than I do about Game of Thrones or Post Malone. It doesn’t help that my parents are on the older side (sorry…
Perseverance and Girls Empowerment
After six weeks into our fellowship here in Omaruru, Sophie and I could never see ourselves leaving. We get to learn so much from one another and our students and our host family. We are now a part of the community and it will be really hard goodbyes and I do not want to think…
Life IS Colorful
This week I started working at Migrant Ed. It’s a program where students that are immigrants or are daughter’s/son’s of immigrants attend summer school. Roughly over the past month, I’ve been struggling with connecting the work that was being done in Gettysburg to the topic that was/is to be explored. The struggle was with how…
All Eyes on You
“All eyes will be on you. It’s like you’re at the zoo, but you are the animals.” It was the afternoon of Friday, June 28th. It was one of those days that seemed perfect from a distance, but as soon as you stepped outside you could feel the heaviness of the humidity in the air….
CPS Fellows 2019 