{"id":1681,"date":"2011-10-27T18:03:35","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T18:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.globalroutes.org\/?p=1681"},"modified":"2011-10-27T18:03:35","modified_gmt":"2011-10-27T18:03:35","slug":"first-week-in-the-teaching-placements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalroutes.org\/staging\/8011\/2011\/10\/27\/first-week-in-the-teaching-placements\/","title":{"rendered":"First week in the teaching placements"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\":1an\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\":6p\">\n<div id=\":19l\">Greetings! Based on the news coming out of Kenya these days, I&#8217;m sure that some friends and family may be worried about us, and I believe a\u00a0few words of reassurance\u00a0can go a long ways. We are in a very safe area of Kenya,\u00a0and our group is all doing very well.<\/div>\n<div>What I most want to write about here is our brilliant students. I\u00a0have been visiting them\u00a0in their new host communities\u00a0all this week and have seen that they are\u00a0acting as true ambassadors of the best qualities of our\u00a0American Culture. They are showing initiative, humility, collaboration, and respect\u00a0of their host families and schools. They have been proving their skills in teaching and leadership by courageously diving into the classrooms of\u00a0all these rural Kenyan Secondary Schools. They are increasingly\u00a0problem solvers and are creative, persistent and tough in conditions far\u00a0different from home. I am proud and impressed with each and every one,\u00a0as you will be also once they are home to tell you all they have\u00a0accomplished in these few short months!<\/div>\n<div>Given all that we have done thus far, I could not have asked for a more mature,\u00a0cooperative, respectful nor fun group of young people. They have embraced the challenges of a demanding\u00a0construction project, language barriers and culture shock, climbing\u00a0a formidable peak of Uganda, and the learning opportunity inherent in the dynamic security situation playing out in Kenya over the past week.<\/div>\n<div>It has truly been an honor to be the leader for these students, and we look forward to completing\u00a0our program in the safest and most logical and harmonious way possible.\u00a0Stay tuned for photos from the villages!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings! Based on the news coming out of Kenya these days, I&#8217;m sure that some friends and family may be worried about us, and I believe a\u00a0few words of reassurance\u00a0can go a long ways. We are in a very safe area of Kenya,\u00a0and our group is all doing very well. 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