Paraguay Day 14 – I Can!
I’ve always wanted to be a lawyer in DC or a politician trying to help reform DC’s juvenile justice system and education system. I’ve always […]
Category: Jamaica
Jamaica Day 13 – What I Learned through Teaching
What a day! What a day! When I first stepped into Scott’s Hall Primary School I felt very apprehensive and wary about the school. I […]
Jamaica Day 12 – C’est la Vie
I would say today was a little different approach to teaching the students. I say this only because the students at Scott’s Hall Primary didn’t […]
Jamaica Day 11 – Learning to Lead at the Source Farm Ecovillage
Today the LearnServe Jamaica group did something vastly different from what we have been working on so far. We spent the day at the Source […]
Jamaica Day 10 – A Day of Fun and Reflection
Today was truly delightful! After spending nearly ten days preparing and implementing multi-tiered and multi-faceted lessons and activities for students at various school and work […]
Jamaica Day 9 – New class, New Mindset
Today was a pretty nerve-wracking day because we were working with other grades. Everyone was concerned because we had already made connections with the grade […]
Jamaica Day 8 – Teaching Sixth Graders at Allman Hill
The last three days with the six graders has been really interesting, even though the first day wasn’t really a day that we taught them. […]
Jamaica Day 7 – The Hardest Job in the World
Honestly, this morning, as I was sitting on the bus headed back to Allman Hill Primary School, I was reminiscing on the rough time that […]
Jamaica Day 6 – First Day at Allman Hill Primary School
I woke up very excited this morning knowing that I had a new adventure ahead of me. After four days in the Blue Mountains, we […]
Jamaica Day 5 – Leaving the Blue Mountains
The day began with quite an early start. We had to be packed and ready to leave our host families in the mountains by 6:00 […]