The research project is going well. We have visited 8 schools and had 7 agree to participate in the study (we are waiting to hear back from the 8th one). That will be our entire sample. Things are going much more smoothly than we anticipated. We are so excited.
A light-hearted aside:
Living somewhere so different from home is really fun. There are so many details that are just a common part of every day life here but they really stand out to me. Some of those things that I enjoy are:
- Thatched roofs.
- Mangos.
- The ability to send money from one person to another with cell phones.
- Dumptrucks that look like they are from a WWII movie.
- When people say "salaam alaikum."
- Red dirt roads.
- Warm blue ocean water.
- Monkeys.
- Produce stands selling local, organic goods for pennies.
- Internet access anywhere there is cell service.
- Change that can be used to buy more than a gumball or 12 minutes at a parking meter.
- The fact that there are elephants in the woods.
- Tea-Time
Of course there are things that I don't like too, but the good far outweighs the bad.
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3 comments:
That is truly an amazing list of things that make your work out there even more special. And I love that you're paying attention to those things. I think they do, too. Especially the monkeys (they don't like to be ignored, I am pretty sure).
All of those things are so very cool - what an entirely different world than good old Pennsylvania.
Thank you both. I agree. These things do deserve attention. And yes it is SO different than wonderful PA. I love my dear PA, but the differences here are part of what I love.
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