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Joseph Berger
Joseph Berger has been a reporter and editor with The New York Times for nearly three decades and currently writes articles about the neighborhoods and people of New York City.
In 2011, he was awarded the career-long Peter Kihss Award by the Society of Silurians, an organization of journalists, for "his outstanding accomplishments as a reporter and his generosity as a mentor to younger colleagues."
Mr. Berger joined The Times in 1984. He served as chief religion correspondent from 1985 to 1987, covering the Pope's trip to 10 American cities, and national and local education correspondent from 1987 to 1993. From 2006 to 2008, he was an education columnist and before that, deputy education editor and acting education editor, coordinating coverage of national and local issues for a staff of 10.
From 2004 to 2007, he chronicled the dramatic changes in New York's ethnic life in periodic articles that were expanded into his latest book, "The World in a City: Traveling the Globe through the Neighborhoods of the New New York" (Ballantine, 2007). Mr. Berger is also the author of "Displaced Persons: Growing Up American After the Holocaust," a memoir about his family's experience as refugees in the 1950s and 1960s published by Scribner in April 2001. The book was called an "extraordinary memoir" by the New York Times Book Review, which chose it as a notable book of 2001, and was also applauded in a daily Times review. Elie Wiesel praised the book as a "powerful and sweetly melancholic memoir, brilliantly written." As an education reporter, he wrote "The Young Scientists: America's Future and the Winning of Westinghouse," (Addison Wesley, 1994), a study of the country's top science high schools and their students.
Before joining The Times, Mr. Berger served as Newsday's religion writer, where three times he won the Supple Award given by the Religion Newswriters Association, its highest honor.
During his career, he has frequently been assigned to cover developments in the Middle East, including the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the 1977 meeting between Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin, the first worldwide gathering of Holocaust survivors in Jerusalem in 1981, and the complicated period just before the Gaza disengagement in 2004. He also leads a regular series of discussions at the 92d Street Y about Jewish life.
Mr. Berger was the recipient of the 1993 Education Writers Association award for exposing abuses in bilingual education.
Mr. Berger was born in Russia in 1945, spent the postwar years in D.P. camps and grew up in Manhattan and the Bronx. He is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, City College and the Bronx High School of Science.
He is married to Dr. Brenda Berger, a psychoanalyst, and they have a daughter, Annie, a graduate of Northwestern University now working in book publishing.
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Press Release of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer
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September 2, 2005
Washington D.C. Office (202) 224-3553
Boxer Calls On President To Expedite The Return Of National Guard Forces Currently Serving In Iraq Who Are From Areas Affected by Hurricane Katrina
Attached please find Senator Boxer's letter to the President:
September 2, 2005
President George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Bush:
I write today to voice my profound concern over the state of our Nation's National Guard. The disaster caused by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast of the United States has highlighted what many experts have been warning all along –that sending tens of thousands of our National Guard forces overseas to fulfill military manpower needs could jeopardize the safety and security of the people of the United States in the event of a major national disaster or terrorist attack. Tragically, we have seen those warnings materialize into painful reality this week.
According to available figures, approximately 7,000 National Guard troops from Louisiana and Mississippi—or 40 percent of their available forces—were serving in Iraq or preparing to deploy when Hurricane Katrina struck. The tragedy of Hurricane Katrina illustrates that our nation's current policy of keeping 50 percent of each state's National Guard forces on hand to respond in the event of an emergency is simply not good enough. The fact is, we didn't have our National Guard forces on hand when we needed them and where we needed them—along the Gulf Coast.
Louisiana and Mississippi have called on additional National Guard forces from neighboring—and in some instances, distant—states to fill the gaps left largely by the war, but this has caused unnecessary delays that have only resulted in additional human suffering. For many, including those who could not be rescued in time, those who have succumbed to illness, and those who have fallen victim to violence, the help is too little, too late.
As Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, I request that you do two very important things. First and foremost, I ask that you consider the immediate return of National Guard forces from the affected regions to the United States. Although I understand that many of these forces are scheduled to return later this year, I believe—in the strongest possible terms—that their return should be accelerated. Not only do these forces know their neighborhoods and towns better than anyone else, but many have family members who are suffering at this time.
Second, we should use this tragedy as an occasion to reflect on our future use of the National Guard. On June 30, 2005, General Peter Schoomaker, the Army's Chief of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Army is planning to dramatically reduce the National Guard forces in Iraq. I applaud this decision and hope that this will become standard policy, as the tragedy of Katrina has underscored the need to ensure that the National Guard is available to respond in the event of a domestic catastrophe. The American people expect their National Guard to be on call at home, not bogged down in multiple deployments around the globe.
As a Senator from the great State of California, I must constantly worry about the prospect of catastrophes: from potentially devastating earthquakes, mudslides, and forest fires, to the threat of terrorist attack on one of our several major metropolises. In the event of one or more of these occurrences, we would be dependent upon the rapid and overwhelming deployment of the National Guard as a vital resource in our emergency response. Thus, we need our National Guard at home in California, not overseas in Iraq or elsewhere.
Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to your timely response.
Barbara Boxer
United States Senator

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I made some posters
Our new offices in Shoreditch are a little bare with their white walls. I'm missing the blue and green colours from the old Soho office, and figured I could do something to add a splash of colour and personality. I created and printed a set of 4 posters in A2 format, and tacked them to the walls.
Everyone's seen the old Keep Calm and Carry On wartime motivational posters, and I had to include it in the mix. I had it printed in BraveNewTalent blue, which added to the calming effect of thinking this phrase through. Works like a charm!
However, keeping calm is great and all, but it's not going to get things done. I came across the Get Excited and Make Things version of the poster, complete with a crown made of wrenches, nuts and bolts on Flickr, and loved it right away. It was this that kicked off the initial idea of creating a set, and I've had it printed in BraveNewTalent green.
I've got to give credit, I think, to Facebook (although admit there's probably more history to the saying than what I'm stating here) for the statement Move Fast and Break Things. If we want to keep up in this world, we can't be afraid to ship code and see what comes of it. We can always fix it later.
NB: on closer inspection of the poster at work, I see one of our developers affixed a post-it not adding EXCEPT FOR UNIT TESTS. Yes, okay, don't break unit tests, guys
The last one is a testament to the idea that it's okay to screw up, as long as you're willing to learn from it.
These posters line the walls of the development team room right now, and they're most often referred to in jest. I'm not one to believe in a single set of 'words to live by', but looking up and choosing one of these to guide my thoughts throughout the day has been useful.
I'm happy to share (since, of course, none of this is really my original work anyway). It's a large file, but feel free to download the PSD I printed these posters from. If you make use of these, send me some pictures or gear (anyone feel like printing me a t-shirt?). Enjoy!
The last of the longest
With sunrise coming up at 4:43 this morning and setting at 9:21 in the evening, today marks the longest day of the year. Living at such a high latitude in London (yes, London is further north than both Toronto and Montreal, my previous bases), this day is essentially one of the longest of my life.
With a critical bug swooping in by 10:30 this morning, it certainly felt like the longest day.
As of tomorrow, with already 2 seconds shaved off the time, we'll be slowly creeping into a darker set of days. However, having lived here for 2 years now, I know the best and brightest bits of summer are still on their way, and I'm seriously looking forward to spending some time in whatever UK sun I can sop up.
You'll find me in the park, book (or digital equivalent) in hand, any sunny weekend from here to September. Both of them, if I can crack it
Epic Ode to Zelda
This Geekologie post recently exposed me to one of the most gorgeous odes to a video game I've ever seen:
Seeing this and slowly scrolling past each detailed character makes me so, so nostalgic… my heart is tugging to be 13 again, spending hour after hour exploring the depths of Ocarina of Time. Epic, indeed.
The guy who made this also put together a fantastic video showing the process of creating this, sped up considerably. Not to copy Geekologie's style, but I'll post it here as well. Well worth the 15 minutes if you're into having your mind blown.
For me, it's not just the final piece that astounds me; it's the skill and the process of actually putting it all together. I love how the video captured this.
It's also the same reason why I love my job. Every day, I play a hand in creating and watching the formation of new features and interfaces for BraveNewTalent.
There's nothing more satisfying than capturing an idea in a napkin drawing or in my dot grid journal, then into wireframes and mockups, before transforming into a final, usable product. Where I sit as Head of Product, I get to play a hand in each of these steps, and enjoy getting stuck in elbow deep, playing with half-finished prototypes on our development sandbox, adding my thoughts and, here and there, my own personal flair.
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Detroit is finally doing many things right. GM, Ford and Chrysler are all building vehicles like the Sonic that can be sold globally, saving billions that used to be spent developing cars for individual markets. Because they are no longer overproducing cars and trucks, they can command higher prices.
And they're no longer blindly chasing market share as they did in the early 2000s, when GM executives wore buttons that said "29" because their goal was to grab 29 percent of U.S. sales. It didn't work. GM currently is making money with about 18 percent of the market. U.S. auto sales rose 13 percent last year to 14.5 million, the best in five years.
"Market share is nice, but profits are essential," Cole said. "That's going to live with us for a long, long time."
Reuss, GM's North American president, said the company is less bureaucratic. Employees can make decisions without taking everything to the top."We have a lot of smart people here. If they're so afraid and paralyzed that every decision comes to me or someone else, it's not very productive," he said. The government also is getting out of GM's business, which should help sales. Late last year, GM bought back 200 million of the government's shares. That leaves taxpayers holding 300 million shares, which the Treasury plans to sell by early 2014. Detroit could still stumble. GM's inventory is high and its U.S. sales aren't keeping pace with growth in the overall market. The industry is so competitive that cars can quickly get stale if companies don't invest in them. Growth could be hindered by the lack of available engineering talent or a lack of parts suppliers, many of whom closed during the recession. But for now, new Chevrolets keep coming off the assembly line at Orion.
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In "Love Surrounds Us," a Tapestry of Faith program
This activity reinforces the UU Principles as children repeat them and match them with the colors.
Welcome participants. Invite them to name the colors on the ribbons sticks. Ask them to echo you, repeating each Principle after you read it:
We believe each and every person is important. (Participants repeat and hold up a red ribbon.)
We believe all people should be treated fairly. (Participants repeat and hold up an orange ribbon.)
In our congregations, all people are accepted and we learn together. (Participants repeat and hold up a yellow ribbon.)
We believe each person is free to search for what is true and right in life. (Participants repeat and hold up a green ribbon.)
Everyone deserves a say about the things that concern them. (Participants repeat and hold up a blue ribbon.)
We believe in working for a peaceful, fair, and free world. (Participants repeat and hold up an indigo ribbon.)
We believe in caring for our planet Earth and every living thing that shares it with us. (Participants repeat and hold up a violet ribbon.)
Now read slowly through the Principles inviting participants to say them with you and then to remember (call out) the color that matches the Principle and hold up that color on their ribbon stick.
Finally, ask participants to wave their ribbon sticks to show how all the colors together make beauty.
Do the opening chant together:
Group chants "Love surrounds us everyday. The Principles show us the way."
Leader says "______ please, put your ribbons away." (Child named returns their ribbon stick.)
Guide children, as they are named, to return their ribbon stick to the container and then return to the circle. This is a way to acknowledge the presence of each participant. If the group is large, say only several names, then direct the others to put away their ribbon sticks all together.
When all ribbon sticks are returned and the children are in the circle, explain that participants will get to take their ribbons sticks home today.
Light the chalice. Lead the group to say together:
Love surrounds the chalice and we are included by the light of the chalice.
Provide wrist ribbons for children who are physically unable to wave a ribbon stick. Help attach wrist ribbons to wrists, legs, or fingers according to the mobility of the child.
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The duo hold forth on the hotel lounge trend, the downtown-uptown divide, and their policy about hooking up in the Don Hill's bathroom.
They even brought Kurt Loder and John Norris out for the occasion.
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Bangkok—Per AQUUM is pleased to announce the appointment of Dietmar Koegerl as general manager of NIYAMA, the company's modern resort in the Maldives. No stranger to the Maldives, Dietmar is known for his passion, creativity, and enthusiasm in the hospitality ...Read More »
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2014 Coaching Staff - click here
Coaching Information
Thank you for your interest in coaching. Coaching is one of the most rewarding and fulfilling things you can do. You'll create life long memories and gain new friends along the way. We're here to help you get the most out of coaching and to help you enrich children's lives.
AYSO welcomes parents, other relatives or friends to coach youth teams. Whether you are a novice or a past player, we will teach you everything you will need to know to teach children the game of soccer. All training clinics are taught by AYSO certified instructors.
Coaching Requirements
Before you can become an AYSO coach there are several requirements that need to be completed. Below is an outline of these requirements. We've also included a complete coach training matrix.
- Coaching Certification at the age group you wish to coach (required once). Click here for details.
- Successful completion of the AYSO Safe Haven™ Course (online)
- Attend Coach Orientation before the start of the season
- Complete the AYSO Volunteer Form (required annually)
- Complete the AYSO Kids Zone® Pledge (required annually)
- Click here for the Coach Training Matrix.
Coaches - It's time for 2014 training!
We have a well rounded schedule of courses set up for new and returning coaches. Please check the schedule and sign up for the course or courses you need at www.EAYSO.org. Coach Coordinator Scott Jones has sent an email to prospective coaches. If you have not received an email from Scott please contact him at email@example.com.
- Main Coach Training Flyer 2014 - Training Courses for U6 through U12. Intermediate and Advance courses are TBD.
- Coach Training Flyer 2014 - Training Courses for U10 & U12 - Sunday, June 1, 2014.
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AYSO has many resources and programs available for new and existing coaches. Common questions are answered below. Please visit AYSO.org for a complete FAQ for coaches and those wishing to become coaches.
Why should I coach in AYSO? It's a chance to spend quality time with your child and it's fun. It's a great break from work. It makes you feel good. It's a great way to give back to the community. The rewards come in the form of helping kids have fun at a game or practice, and contributing to their individual skills and teamwork. There is also a great sense of accomplishment when you reach the end of a season, look back and see how far the team has come.
I don't know anything about soccer. Can I still help coach? Yes! AYSO provides training and materials. Being a coach involves skills you probably already have in addition to specific soccer knowledge. If you are uncertain, try being an assistant coach. Our Region's Coach Administrator will be happy to try to match you up with somebody with a little more experience.
How do I become a coach? You sign up to coach at registration time when you register your kids to play. You contact Region 638's Coach Administrator Scott Jones at email@example.com. You may also contact the Programs Department of the AYSO National Office at (800) 872-2976. If you have a child that is already on a team that has a coach, just let the coach know that you are interested in coaching and would like to help. Most of our coaches will be delighted to use you.
The AYSO National website has a vast amount of information for everyone interested in coaching. Please visit the site for answers to many questions new coaches have already asked.
2014 Coaching Staff. Here are the volunteers for Region 638 that work hard to make sure that our coaches are trained and that each age group runs as smooth as possible.
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(January 15, 2013 – Bellevue, Neb.) Bellevue University is ranked ninth by the U.S. News 2013 Top Online Education Program Rankings in the category of best online bachelor's degrees. This ranking includes a top 25 finish in all three major categories of Student Engagement, Faculty Credentials and Student Services and Technology. Nearly 1000 schools participated in the study.
Bellevue University has educated students online for over 15 years, and was one of the first institutions to offer an MBA completely online.
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People came to Small Studio today to make snowflakes in memory of the Sandy Hook victims. Groups of six at a time gathered around our table and created sparkling pieces of goodness.
We had snowflake makers of all ages and both men and women.
While we created they introduced themselves to each other and talked of subjects ranging from Sandy Hook, school, guns, grandchildren, texting etiquette, holidays, workshops, art, pugs, jobs, books and movies. It was very social, very caring, very special and also productive. It brought people together who might not have met each other. It made us all feel very connected. It was a very good day of sharing and making. Thank you to those who participated. John has offered to pay for the mailing. The 36 snowflakes will go out on Monday to the White House.


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Haile Thomas, age 11 talks about her trip to the White House to meet the First Lady
Haile Thomas's family gave up eating white rice after learning her dad is diabetic, and began experimenting with healthier foods.
|Haile Thomas, age 11
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Haile's mom, Charmaine, reports the secret to its success is that "all the kids love it, the ingredients are affordable, it's easy to make, and it's just plain good."
Recently, Haile won a contest with her recipe and was rewarded with a trip to the White House to meet the First Lady and she told us all about it.
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The DPRK is also one of the world's most secretive nations. For a North Korean, contact with a foreigner can land one in jail... or worse. But there is one embarrassing secret that is hard for the government to hide, literally. It's the Ryugyong Hotel in the Potong District of North Korea's capital city of Pyongyang. It's difficult to hide because it's a massive, 105-story structure which dominates the city's skyline. It's an embarrassment because it's a complete engineering failure... its empty, dilapidated husk lurks over the capital, mocking the citizens of the proud country.
The hotel's story begins in 1987, when the North Korean government began construction at an estimated cost of $750 million, or 2% of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). By comparison, 2% of the United States' GDP would be about $220 billion. Construction of the hotel was a cold war response to other massive skyscrapers in Asia, most notably South Korea's towering Stamford Hotel in Singapore. The North Koreans expected the project to bring in western investors as a first move into their nation. Investors were told to expect little oversight, and assured that casinos, nightclubs and lounges could be added. The North Korean government was so proud of the project that they added it to their official city maps before the project was even started, and they issued postage stamps touting the hotel before it was even half-finished.
The Ryugyong or "Capital of Willows" Hotel stands 1,083 feet tall, and it was planned to have 3,000 rooms and seven revolving restaurants. It has a total of 3.9 million square feet of floor space. The hotel would be the tallest hotel and seventh largest building in the world if it were finished. It would also have been the first building with over one hundred floors outside of New York or Chicago.
The first event scheduled to be held at the hotel was June 1989's World Festival of Youth and Students. The hotel was nowhere near ready for that event. Its construction was plagued with problems, and after five years construction completely ground to a halt due to a shortage of everything... especially funding and electricity. Work on the hotel has never resumed; the project was abandoned, leaving a lonely construction crane perched on its peak.
The North Korean government is still looking for foreign investment, hopefully around $300 million. It's going to be hard to find such an investor considering the DPRK has such a tight stranglehold on visitors coming to their nation. The DPRK only allows about 130,000 tourists in an entire year, and almost none of them come to Pyongyang. To make matters worse, the nation appears to be in a never-ending drought and famine cycle that is not conducive for the operation of a five-star hotel.
Today, few North Koreans are willing to discuss the hotel with outsiders. The hotel, which was once found on city maps before the construction even began, has now been completely stricken from the official maps. Tour guides usually claim not to know where it is. Either a majority of the country is in a state of denial about the whole thing, or they avoid the subject for fear of reprisal. Since the government's embarrassing monument is visible from practically every point in the city, it's most likely the latter.
Maybe someday North Korea will become a popular tourist destination, but not in the foreseeable future. If they ever do, there could be plenty of vacancies waiting for the throngs of outsiders... assuming some investors are willing to risk a third of a billion to reanimate the Ryugyong Hotel's rotting corpse.
Update: As of April 2008, construction has sort-of resumed on the Ryugyong hotel. It is still unclear whether it will ever be actually complete.
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Fleur mélodique sur 'Si j'étais roi' (Cramer - Pseudonym)
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Paris: Alphonse Leduc, n.d.(1873). Plate A.L. 4956.
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Well, that was a long break. This blog post covers my trip to Belize with my wonderful girlfriend Amanda. She is a new addition to the blog, (and the reason for its delay). We've got some more awesome trips planned ahead, and so everyone should mention how beautiful she is so that maybe we can do a couple's blog of our travels in the future. Then, I won't be responsible for writing all of them, and we're unlikely to have a three month break between posts.
This blog has transitioned from being about Africa, to being about my travels, and I think that is a fair transition to make. There are only so many things about Africa you can talk about, and one day I'll leave this continent and my travels will take me elsewhere.
Belize was my first Latin American trip in a long time (Costa Rica 2006), and it really is a beautiful part of the world. Belize itself is nice, English speaking, and relatively developed, but much more expensive than it should with it being a third world country. Amanda and I had a great time with all of our adventures in Belize.
We were able to do a lot of things on the coast and in the jungle. Some of the more notable experiences were:
- Beachfront hotel room
- Repelling down the Bocawina Waterfall
- Jungle canopy zip lining
- Snorkeling around the Barrier Reef
- Dirt biking
- Watching a native Garifuna dancing ritual and trying their cuisine
- Ancient Mayan ruins of Tikal
- Close up encounters with animals at the Belize Zoo. Pumas, monkeys, Toucans, crocodiles, etc.
Welcome to the blog Amanda!
Hanging out at the hotel, I went and got the coconuts myself.
Dinner in Belize at one of our hotels
This orange was more yellow than orange, but it was probably the best one I've ever had in my life.
This is the same backdrop as for the original Star Wars movie. When the X-wings fly out of the hanger, the temples in the background is this city, Tikal!
The Royal throne in Tikal
Here Amanda is sacrificing me on the altar at Tikal. Right after this one of our couple friends tried to do the same thing and got chewed out by this angry Spanish man. On the other side of the stone it says "do not touch the monuments." Whoops, didn't see that one…
One of the two main temples of Tikal. If you look closely, there are people at the bottom left for reference of size.
Amanda and I on the way to go snorkeling.
We didn't get to see much, but it was still a really cool experience. Belize is famous for its scuba diving/snorkeling. Neither of us scuba dive, but this was a good alternative for us.
At the Belize Zoo. The Toucan enjoyed nibbling on our fingers!
We really enjoyed waterfall repelling. The pictures of the bottom of the waterfall are below.
I'm already looking forward to our next trip together. The next blog will be about my last couple of months here at Kibali. Then, this blog will transition from my time in Africa, to future trips. Hopefully, even if I am not living on the other side of the world, I'll still get to go to some cool places.
Hopefully this summer we'll do some camping, Disney World, Caribbean cruise (maybe), and Sweden (maybe).
Until then,
Once again, it has been a while since my last post, but this time my excuse is that it has been no-shave November, and so I would prefer if most pictures of me from last month never see the light of day. If you really want to see what vagabond me looks like, then ask and I'll show you in person, where there will be no evidence….
New things since last blog post:
- I went in on a mountain bike with a friend. Pictures below. I go about the same speed as an old man with a breathing problem. It's quite embarrassing.
- Moved into a new room that is twice the size of my old one. Moving up in the world!
- Had Thanksgiving on site.
- We started having poker games again.
- We're expanding the auction project.
- Began moving into our new community development center.
Apparently in South Africa Mountain biking is very popular. So, giving in to peer pressure and all, I decided to get one so I could go with all of my South African friends, and I've actually used it! Hopefully I'll stop being dead last out of the group, and can start enjoying the beautiful scenery, but until then it's still nice to go ride around with some friends. One of said friends actually got into an accident in the community, and because I was there and knew some Lingala, we were able to sort it out without any problems. It was really cool, and nice to show the other guys on site what I do every day.
I moved into a new place which is great, and now I'm not so cramped. I have some great neighbors, and we grill out quite a bit. Life is a lot more fun now out here, and that makes things easier when away from home for as long as I've been. Having more friends out here makes it nice, and not just because we started playing poker again. I've won 3, got 2nd twice, and lost once. I love Texas hold'em. Last year I spent Thanksgiving by myself, and it was easily the most depressing day I had in Africa all year. However, this year the kitchen staff went out of their way and we had a Thanksgiving feast for about 20 people who came to hang out with me on our American holiday. It was a lot of fun, and I am thankful for my new friends abroad, and my friends back home.
As far as work goes, if you aren't familiar with the tied-financing project I instituted, then continue on reading earlier posts. It's a new form of micro-financing where we provide the item directly to the person, instead of cash, and they pay us back using the item. So far, we've lend to 220+ families, helping over 1,500 people. The repayments are slow, especially now that our relocation is finished, and all of those jobs that were lost as a consequence. The bright spot though, is that out of the $10,000 from the department, we've lent out $18,000+, and only around $500 has been lost for sure. This is important to note because even with the huge learning curve we have, we have relatively small losses, and a lot of those losses I can easily prevent from happening again. If you read my earlier posts about the project, you'll see just how difficult it has been to teach people the value of money and lending, and so for our losses to be so small, is very significant.
Thankfully, it seems like my superiors agree, and so I believe we're going to start expanding to other parts of the community. Currently we only lend to people who were moved in order to build the mine. Starting next month though, I believe we will expand and so we're going to try something new with those people. We're going to have a co-sign system whereby in order to win an item at the auction, 2 other people have to sign with you, and if you don't pay us back, those two people aren't eligible either. The borrower finds the two people, and we won't go after the co-signers if we don't get paid back, but at least this way we can spread the responsibility, and weed out the bad borrowers more easily.
In six months I think we can help another 500 households (3,000-4,000 people), and provide hundreds of new items, and jobs, to the community. In addition to this, we just cleaned up our new Community Development Center. This is 22 acres of land that our construction department used to own, but now I run and manage. Here we will have ducks, chickens, guinea fowl, pigs, planting equipment, fish farms, a large tree nursery, vocational classes, and offices for my staff and our cooperatives. If I am able to do everything I want to here, I should be able to provide a 100+ jobs here alone, and it could fund our other development projects.
A few of the guys I rode the Southern Bypass road with. It's just shy of 20 miles up and down hills and on dirt roads. It was hell at the end, but beautiful throughout.
I look like a real cyclist don't I?
This is a monkey that I've never seen before, and haven't found anyone who can tell me what it is. If you know, post in the comment section and tell me what it is.
My buddies Darren and Justin from South Africa, who are also some of our consultants, came up to do some surveys and to get to where we need to go we had to take a boat. It's pretty cool to see that people still travel like this.
Long post, few pictures, but thanks for reading.
I hate that I'm only posting what I do on vacation, but I'm really busy at work, and it's hard to find time to post regularly. I'll try to do better though. There are some exciting things happening here, and with our relocation finally ending (thank god), I get to start devoting more time to my development projects. I'll have more on that later though.
Since I wanted to go home for three weeks for Christmas, and since I already went home in August, my leave schedule only allowed for a week. If I went home, I would just make people mad for not getting to see everyone, and I'd spend half my time in the plane. So, I decided to go to South Africa for a week since it is close, I have friends there, and I hadn't been yet. However, some very good family friends of mine invited me out to their game farm the week after I was going to leave, and so I actually stayed for two weeks anyways. Oh well, it was completely worth it.
I met some incredible people, and really enjoyed traveling around the country with my good friend Brianna who I grew up with. We had decided to start in Cape Town, drive to Port Elizabeth, and do what they call "The Garden Route." We went at the beginning of their Spring, so the weather was nice and there were no other tourists yet. It was an incredible trip. The people are great, it was relatively cheap (this was with the Rand-dollar value going down 20-25% over the past year), and there is so much to do.
Things that we did in South Africa:
- Saw the Cape of Good Hope
- Saw penguins in the wild
- Went to the top of Table Mountain
- Toured some awesome vineyards
- Walked with cheetahs
- Went cage-diving with sharks
- Walked with lions
- Saw a rhino, meaning I am a leopard away from seeing the African big 5, a black impala, and all sorts of other things
- Went bungee jumping off Bloukraans, the highest bungee jump in the world
When Brianna left, I went back to Cape Town and hung out with a good friend John whom I met at our mutual friend's wedding in August. John was a great host; he gave me keys to his place, his couch, and even lent me his car for the 4 days I was there. While I didn't "do" much while I was there, it was just as good for me because I needed a break from the week before, and John and his friends were so great to have around, it was a nice reprieve. It made me feel like I was back home.
Everything I did could be a blog post on its own, but I will spare you the agony of reading 10 posts, and just show you pictures. Each picture should be another reason to visit.
This is the top of Table Mountain, overlooking Cape Town. This has just been added to my list of places I would want to live for a long time (Istanbul, Austin, and Dubrovnick are the other three).
This is the Cape of Good Hope.
These are the vineyards of Stellenbosch, just outside of Capetown.
Brianna and I did a cheetah walk on the beach, which was awesome. It was much larger than I had thought it would be, and a lot more skittish. This is in Sommerset West, northeast of Cape Town.
After the cheetahs we drove to Gaansbai and went cage diving with the sharks. The pictures of us in the water are not very flattering, and so instead of possibly making Brianna mad, I think I'll omit them.
After Gaansbai we drove to Botlierskop inbetween Mossel Bay and George. It was a four hour drive, which, after wine tasting the day before, walking with cheetahs in the morning, and driving to Gaansbai, cage-diving etc. we were exhausted. However, Botlierskop was a short drive from our hotel in Mossel Bay, and completely worth it.
I finally saw my first African rhino!
We stayed another day and hung out with lions
And cubs
Makes you want to adopt one doesn't it
The next day we drove to Knysner, and to Bloukraans, the highest bungee jump in the world. The jump itself was actually a lot of fun, but the dangling there by a rope was one of the scariest moments of my life. Never doing it again, but I'm glad I did it.
The guy to my immediate right was our helper, and the guy next to Brianna was a guy who jumped before me.
John and Kate, my incredible Capetown hosts. Also, I don't have a picture, but a big thanks Thank you to Elizabeth for showing me around, Kate, Hannah, Raymond, and Chris for making me feel at home in Capetown.
After Capetown I went hunting in Grahamstown with my friend's family, and shot an impala. My first real animal I've ever shot, and it was a lot of fun. When I left Grahamstown I went off to Johannesbourg to hang out with some friends from work. They took me out in downtown Joburg, ate bunny chow in the Indian part of town, saw Mandela's house, and some graffiti art around town. This is a few of us downtown, with the people I stayed with on the right, and some friends of ours from work in the middle.
I had an incredible time on this trip, and I'm glad this blog will allow me to relive this experience years from now. A sincere thanks to Brianna for being my travel buddy, I hope I didn't drive you too crazy, thanks to John for letting me stay with him (and Grant for introducing us), and Darren for letting me stay with him in Joburg.
My next blog will be about some of my projects out here, and life on site post resettlement.
Thanks for reading,
It has been a busy time since I wrote last. Because of this, I'm just going to post the highlights, and some pictures of the past couple of months.
- Saw pygmies that had only recently came out from living in the bush
- Randgold hosted a party for my one year anniversary on site
- Went white water rafting on the Nile River with three of my volunteers
- Spent two days in Istanbul during Ramadan with one volunteer, and a good friend from school
- Was in the middle of riots/protests in Istanbul's Tahrir Square
- Spent four days in Austin, and four days in Dallas seeing family, friends, and attending a wedding of what is likely my favorite couple
- Went to Florida to see one of my best friends who is getting his pilot license in the Navy
- Went to Boston to speak with someone at MIT about my development project, and saw some good friends there as well
- Hung out with friends in Austin and Dallas
- Spent a day in Toronto as a part of my layover on my way back to the mine, crossing another country off my list
- Celebrated my 24th birthday on site.
Our visit with the pygmies. George, Setareh, Eric, Lauren, Caroline, myself, and Corbin all in the back (we do stand out a bit).
This is actually quite sad. The locals keep monkeys as pets, and this one was held at a nearby church (which makes it even more sad). It was incredible to see a chimp this close up, and to even be able to touch it, but I do wish it were in the wild, and we made it a point to not give any money to anyone with a monkey.
Most people go white water rafting downstream, we like to make it look like we're going upstream… In all seriousness though, this was pretty terrifying as I thought we were going to flip over backwards.
This is inside the Haggia Sophia Museum. It started out as a church when Istanbul was still Constantinople, and then became a mosque when the Muslims took over. However, they didn't destroy many of the Christian symbols, just covered them up. So now, you have this fascinating contrast of Christian Religion side by side with Islam, and it makes for an incredible experience.
This is the Haggia Sophia from the outside. I came with one of my volunteers, Chloe, and met up with another friend Derin.
I was lucky enough to see my good friend Derin while in Istanbul. She is Turkish and was in town visiting family while on summer break from teaching in San Antonio. It was great not only seeing her again, but her cousin turned out to be an incredible guide and took as all over the city. The view behind us was where we had tea and hookah, and this was just a bit of what they showed us.
This is the Spice Market within the Grand Bazaar. I wish I knew more about spices, because this was cool enough, knowing what I was doing would have been even better.
This was one of my favorite memories of Istanbul. We came during Ramadan and in many Muslim countries you are not allowed to eat, and people may be quite hostile if you eat anyways. However, no one cared in Istanbul when we ate during the day, and at night you had large crowds gathered in front of the mosques with many Muslims preparing food for the sunset (when they are allowed to eat) sitting side by side with secularists snacking away. It was amazing in its subtlety in that we only hear about the extremists or the bad experiences, but at the end of the day, most of these people are just like us.
It reminded me of 4th of July celebrations years ago with my family on the lawn of the Fort Worth Botanical garden. Eating there, waiting for the fireworks. This was quite similar, and I absolutely loved Istanbul for it. The people were nice, the city was beautiful, and the culture was fascinating. I look forward to going back.
That night, Chloe and I went out to eat and met up with some other vacationers. One was from Texas ironically enough, and the other three were from Australia. They were awesome people, and we got along really well. It was nice to be with other young professionals with whom I could share interesting stories with, and who enjoyed being adventurous. This did though lead us to some interesting situations.
As most of you know, there were a number of protests in Istanbul a few weeks ago, due to their government possibly stepping out of its mandate (for example, more journalists are imprisoned here than any other country in the world), but the people we met up with were staying in Tahrir Square, and had had no problems. So, we went looking for a bar and stopped when we heard the protests. We had seen the police, but they were just sitting around hanging out, and so we had assumed the protest was already over. Not long after we found out the protests were just starting and below is a picture of the crowd that lit trash on fire, destroyed ATM machines and threw rocks at police. That said, 95% of the protestors were very civil, and many people were actively trying to keep my friends and I safe. It was something I will never forget, and I am very grateful to their community there that let me witness a small piece of their long history.
This shows you how close we were to the action. At one point I was standing here and they started firing rubber bullets overhead. That was really the only time I got nervous, but they were firing well over me, and had no intention of hitting me.
You can't see it so well, but these are a few of the friends I met up with in Austin. We had quite a crowd earlier in the night, but it was great seeing so many people even though I wasn't home for long.
My last time seeing friends while on leave was on my trip to Boston. Katie and Molly on the right were two of the three girls I met on my cruise with some of the family. They live in Boston and so I got to see them again two months after we met in Barcelona. Cyndi on the left, and Kyndal in the front, both went to UT with me. Cyndi goes to Boston College and Kyndal works for a city council candidate. Having friends to see halfway across the country was great, but having them put in so much effort to see me was even better.
It is getting harder and harder to write this blog on a regular basis (this is probably quite obvious to you), but I know I will be grateful for it when I move back home and want to relive these experiences. I'm incredibly lucky to be able to travel, do what I love, and see so many good friends along the way.
This week we are finishing our relocation at work. Over 16,000 people moved in two years, nearly 4,000 houses built, thousands of kilometers worth of road, and millions of dollars pumped into a community that has known almost nothing but poverty, war, and disease. My next update will hopefully be related to this in the coming weeks, and after that I will be traveling to South Africa for two weeks, for the first time. So, I'll have a post about that as well.
In the meantime, thanks for reading.
I've officially done it. A year and one day ago, I landed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the first time, and not only satisfied an inner desire for adventure, but I faced my fears of being alone, head on. I knew no one in this part of the world, much less this country, and yet I have been welcomed with open arms. There were many times when I didn't think I could make it for an entire year, where I wanted to come home (or stay home, if I was on leave), but because of so many people supporting me, I was able to stick it out, and I am very grateful for that.
In the past year, people have put me in a position to accomplish more than I ever thought possible. A dear friend and his family gave me the opportunity to come out here in the first place, the company I work for gave my untested idea a chance and all the resources necessary to try it, and my friends and family have made every effort to see me when I am home, and talk to me when I am not. I've visited every person in the Humanities class I graduated with, surprised my Dad and step mom with an unexpected visit home, and developed a micro-financing project that could (if it works) open up doors for many of the world's poorest people.
A list of some of my favorite things from this year:
- I've been to 13 countries, 9 of which were new
- Went to the Middle East, Asia (technically), Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Indian Ocean for the first time
- I now have over 4,800 pictures from this year
- My project has helped approximately 150 borrowers, and nearly 1,000 of their dependents
- I have completed my first year at a full-time job (sounds insignificant, but it is important to me)
- I still made it to the TX/OU game
- Got to speak to the Archer Program as an alumni
To add to it, I now have 6 American volunteers on site, who either already were, or have now become, very good friends of mine. It has been an incredible experience being out here with other Americans, familiar faces, and people my age. What's really ironic though is that their being here has actually shown me not how alone I was without them, but how I was already a big part of the community on site. Since their arrival, many of my co-workers have told me how they will look out for the volunteers with me, because we're a family here. Therefore, by extension, if I am to look after these volunteers, they will too.
We had an incredible 4th of July celebration on site, people are still talking about it, and this weekend we will be going to see some local pygmies. We were going to Garamba National Park, but our security suggested that right now would not be a good idea because of recent LRA activity. So, we're playing it safe and going to see some pygmies down the road.
The governor of Oriental was in town for a meeting with the Social Department, and so I grabbed Caroline for a picture with Congo's finest.
The volunteers
My co-workers: From right to left, Eric, Cyrille, Steve, and Tam. Cyrille is my supervisor, Eric and Steve are co-workers, and Tam is one of our head mining engineers.
Making burgers for the fourth of July.
My auction project in action, this was a new location, and could have gone better, but it still went okay. It was nice to show the volunteers what I do.
This is my assistant, and friend, Viktor. I stole him from another department because I liked his work so much, and he has become an essential part of my doing work here. He's essentially the coordinator for my development project, and I am lucky to be his supervisor.
My volunteers and I at the auction.
Last night we had a big party to celebrate my one year on site, and it was very humbling to see so many people from all over site coming out to see me (well, and the girls I'm sure had something to do with it). The Aussies were there, the South Africans, my co-workers, and then of course my Americans. They even wrote a card for me thanking me, and got my co-workers to write one where they congratulated me on my one year in Africa, both in French and English.
So much has happened this year, and yet it seems like I just flew in. I'm excited to see where I end up a year from now, and I appreciate so many of you following me along the way. It's nice to know that even in the middle of Africa, I have people to rely, and now I have two places to call home.
Project Update/Cruise with the Family — Barcelona, Marseilles, Tuscany, Capri, Sicily, Dubrovnik, and Venice
Another post before I go back to the mine site, and thus back to real work. For the past couple of days I have been at a management strategy session for my department, and the heads of the social department for all of our mines in Mali and the Ivory Coast. It was an incredible experience, and I never thought I would legitimately enjoy a meeting! We talked about all of the things I am interested in: poverty alleviation, community relations, economic development, etc. It was interesting, engaging, and has huge implications for the tens of thousands of people who are effected by our mines.
To add to my excitement, I actually got to present my project to the directors of various departments, and they all liked it. It helped too that I wasn't the only one defending it, everyone from my mine was able to explain the project, and I was incredibly humbled that everyone from my mine not only knew how it worked, but believed in it enough to defend it.
The Senior Executive of my department liked it so much in fact, that he said it was just the out of the box thinking we needed, and if it works at our mine, that the company could send me to our other mines to implement it, which is exactly what I have been hoping for! If this happens, my project could be in three of the poorest countries on earth (Mali, The Congo, and the Ivory Coast), in multiple locations, and could help thousands of people. We've already helped around 500 people so far (that's including the dependents of the borrowers), and that is at a pilot phase. I can't imagine what sort of impact we will have if we can show that it works.
Here are the heads of all of the Social/Environment departments for the company.
The rest of this post is dedicated to my amazing trip from Barcelona to Venice, and various cities in-between. I was so lucky that my Dad and Cheryl decided to take me along, and I had a great time with Jessica and Drew. I'm really lucky to have them as siblings, and it was a great time. Sad it's over. I have a bunch of pictures from it though, and so I hope you get a sense of how much fun I had.
I couldn't get the pictures from my cruise to go in order, so it is going to be completely random, but I live in Africa, so just assume my internet is terrible (which it is).
Some of the best beer I've ever had, it was great. I might just be comparing it to Africa beer, but I think it would be good on any continent.
Dad and Cheryl sleeping on the plane, courtesy of Jessica, I stole it from her because I liked it so much.
You know, chilling having lunch in Rome…
Drew and I bonding in Rome.
Dubrovnik, I could definitely move here.
This bridge may not look like much, but it was hell. Venice was hot, there were a lot of steps, and it was a decent distance from our hotel to the bus stop.
This was a pretty proud moment. All of this stuff weighs over 100lbs, and I climbed up this thing like a champ, all my myself.
I bought beer/wine/absinthe from this lady like 3 times, and she liked me so much she even let me check myself out from her register. It helped that she didn't really know how to use her credit card machine and I did, haha.
Some of the Americans we met. I paid for half of their dinner, and so while I didn't pay 100% of it, I still think it should count as 5 dates…
Dad and I in Dubrovnik repping the horns. Love my dad, but I especially love him when he supports the only Longhorn in the family, very cool when he does that.
I have pictures of me and everyone else on the trip but Cheryl! We got a good one of the two of us, but I forgot whose camera it was! It was an awesome trip, and such a nice break from work. I went from working 80-100 hours per week, to hanging out on a cruise ship with some amazing family, and met some great people.
Now, while it is back to the grind, and long days, I have some incredible volunteers coming to teach English, and so it will be great having 5-6 volunteers on site for me to hang out with. I'm really excited about the next 6 weeks, and am so happy to with everything in my life right now.
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It has been 3 months since my last auction, and so this post will be devoted to what happened between then and now, and the results of our second auction.
Background of the Idea:
Essentially, we are providing items to the community in exchange for debt. Think of a car loan, you don't get cash in hand for the car, you get a car, and then you owe the bank for that car. We are doing the same, but we are providing things like goats, sugar, soft drinks etc. Another thing we are doing though, and the most innovative thing, is we are deciding the interest based on an auction system. So, whoever is willing to go into the most debt gets the item. That way, they choose the "winners and losers," we don't have to give them cash, the highest bidder is thus deciding his own interest rate, and we don't overcharge or undercharge their interest compared to the local market. If they pay us back successfully, and in the right amount of time, then they are eligible for a phase 2 item, which is worth more (IE, phase 1 might be a goat, but phase 2 could be a power generator, and phase 3 would be a motorcycle). If they pay us back, but are late, then they get to borrow again, but only for phase 1. This way we don't reward them for being late, but there is still an incentive to pay, even late.
The First Auction:
After the first auction, what we spent minus what we received was about a 20% loss, and then when all of the money was collected and done with at the end of the repayment period, we had received another 25% less than we were supposed to, making for a total loss of nearly 50%. A big reason for this was that the price of the items varied wildly. A $50 can of petrol, would auction off for $1, and a $50 box of soap would go for $120. If you asked them why they wouldn't just buy the petrol and sell it for soap, they would say "oh, I'm not a merchant." It was fascinating to see what many of us take for granted as just being rational thought, being so foreign to them. It also meant that many of the items we had just bought in the local market the day before were being sold off for much less. This was pretty disheartening, and if we aren't sustainable the company will likely scrap the project, but thankfully they were willing to give it 3 tries regardless, and so we got to do our second auction.
The Second Auction:
For our second auction, we auctioned off 10 more goods in total, 5 phase 2 items, and nearly a third of all of our items were agriculturally related, meaning that they should create sustainable employment for whoever gets them. We had two auctioneers at once this time, about 6 volunteers who helped get the borrowers to fill out their lending agreements, and my assistant, Viktor, checked to make sure that the people bidding were eligible. It was a huge success! Nearly every item went for more than what we paid for it, but none of the items seemed to go for astronomical amounts, people had already started learning about the importance of value, and even people who had borrowed last time and successfully paid us back were content to just walk away from it and wait until next time, instead of bidding too much.
What this means:
Of course, we still need to be paid back, but our overall interest rate came out to about 60% on an annual return basis, which, while high by our standards, is actually quite average for micro-lending outfits around the world. This means that not only have we ensured that people get loans in exchange for productive items (not beer), but we are able to provide items to people without them getting mad at us for picking one person over another, and it's completely transparent (which is essential in a country like the DRC). Now, if we can just get a higher repayment rate than last time, by getting people to pay us back so they can borrow a more expensive item, we could get rid of the group-lending model that other micro-financing outfits use. This would be a good thing because group-lending often means that the best borrowers don't want to participate, because then they are stuck paying for someone who is not as responsible. By proving that it is possible to do micro-financing to individuals, we could open up a whole new avenue for credit to get to the poor, and subsequently revolutionize how micro-financing is done.
From my understanding, about 5% of the world's poor (less than $1.25/day defines poor) have access to micro-finance, and if we could increase that number by even a percentage point, it means millions of people having access to resources that can make a profound difference in their lives. To start though, I need to convince the company I work for that it is a good idea to get behind, and if I can do that, then my next stop will be Mali and the Ivory Coast to implement programs there.
Next Auction:
Our next auction will hopefully be June 28th, and so in 3 weeks we will see if anyone has paid us back in the meantime (which would be 6 weeks early), if there are even more people at this auction than the last one, and how our repayment rate compares to last time. Also, I will have some very good friends here teaching English to the local community, and so I will hopefully be able to have them around to witness the auction as well. It will be great having some friends here, and I'm glad I will be able to show them one of these auctions in person.
It's very exciting to see this project taking shape, and to be a part of it is incredible. Everyone here is so supportive and they simply want to see it succeed. We created at least 20 jobs for people on Friday, next time I hope to create another 40, and it was all done for 60% interest, a rate that they chose, and one that is MUCH better than they pay in the community.
Here we are writing down the names of what items are up for auction. My friend Eric is in the vest, and my assistant Viktor is behind him with the name tag; those two, and my other co-workers, were amazing, and just really took this and ran with it. I'm so grateful to have them all helping me with this.
The items and the crowd, watching other people bidding on phase two items.
This is our list of items on the left (top left is phase 2), the price we paid in the market, for them to use as a reference, and on the right we have the people eligible for phase 2 (top right) and those who never paid us back and were not eligible for anything (bottom right).
One auctioneer at this end, and the other was on the other side. Both sides were packed, and there are many people you can't see in-between, and on the sides.
Here, they are holding up their identity cards to show that they're bidding. They call out the price they're willing to pay over 10 weeks, and the person willing to pay the most gets the item.
Between this project and my other duties, I have been pulling 80-95 hour weeks and now I am leaving for vacation with some of the family in Europe. It'll be so nice to get away and relax a bit, but man, this is an exciting time to be in the DRC.
I'm sure many of you don't find this near as fascinating as I do, but if you do find it interesting, then feel free to come out and see it in person. I'd be happy to have you.
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Hey, I was on the 2009 thread for a while with my eldest DD, too! You would think the second go-around with youngest DD would be a piece of cake, but no!
My experience is similar to UGADOG, where eldest was the one that scored great on standardized tests, volunteered, had a good GPA and Honors/AP classes, was involved in school academic clubs, etc. She had to work hard for good grades, they didn't come easily, but she got them and hey, it really helped that she did well on those standardized tests, because she had a 32 on the ACT. We knew she had no problem going to the one, and only one, school she would apply to, Purdue.
DD #2 is a different story. She is terrible on standardized tests, yet learning is very easy for her. She picks up new concepts so quickly, and is a wonderful writer, but does not like to volunteer all that much, and school is more social than a place to strive for good grades to make that college application time easier! Last semester of Junior year, she finally realized that college was looming, so she buckled down and got all "A" grades, including the AP and honors classes, but hey, too little too late.
She also did not score as high on the ACT as we had hoped, getting only a 27 the first time, and a 25 the second time. She has a problem with timed tests, she gets very flustered and nervous that she won't finish. We know she could score higher, we are witness to her intelligence every day, but this is what she has, so this is what she is going to be sending on!
This DD is active in sports and band, however, and one of the things she would like in college are badminton and orchestra band programs. She also wants a smaller college than her sister's Purdue, but that makes it harder to find those extra activities!
Originally, DD was going to study Psychology, so over spring break, I took her to see schools within 5 hours of us that offer Psychology (5 hours away by car is her comfort level). After being a nanny this summer, she thinks Elementary Education is more her style, she she went to see the schools that offer that. I hope she won't change her mind again, but if so, I am thinking that she should go to a larger school, so she has options. But what do I know, I am just the parent!
So far, top schools are....
IU Bloomington, IN (loves the beauty of the campus, and best looking guys are there)
Eastern IL, Charleston, IL (says it is like Purdue, but smaller, likes the smaller size)
Quincy University, Quincy, IL (says campus is pretty)
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (sister goes there, and hot farm boys)
Illinois State, Bloomington, IL (did not like the city atmosphere)
Taylor University, Urban, IN (did not like the restrictive religious moral code you have to abide by, but liked the small school size - I liked the moral code! )
She says that if her sister goes on to graduate school at Purdue, then she will go to Purdue. I am not sure she will get in to either Purdue or IU! Of course, she needs to start those college aps, and pray for some scholarships! Those Indiana schools are expensive for out-of-state residents! Thank God we plan on moving to Southern IN once she is gone, and what I believe my top IL school fit for her, Eastern, does offer in-state rates for Indiana residents, so score for Eastern either way!
I believe this will be a bumpy ride!
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I'm jumping in also. My daughter starts her senior year in 2 weeks and I know it will fly. She is looking at schools in Florida. She wants to play soccer and we are in contact with several coaches right now. She hates the cold weather so she is primarily looking at Florida and a school in South Carolina.
Should be an interesting year.
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I'd just like to jump in and say for students who don't do well on standardized tests but may shine in an application, there are an increasing number of liberal arts schools that don't require any standardized test scores.
They do it in part because of their philosophy, and in part because they don't have to report the scores in for rankings on the US News and World Report (which lets them take good kids who might otherwise pull their averages and rankings down).
Fair Test has a list of them (for the record, Fair Test is a nonprofit working to end standardized testing, but their list should be correct):
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Good luck to your DD. My oldest is a senior this year and like your oldest, she is the academic one with all the extras. It is still a long process and she is having a hard time deciding.
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We are in the same boat. SAT testing is complete and our son is starting the application process. We are supporting him but he is responsible for preparing and sending applications. Looks like he will apply to five schools:
Georgia Tech
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We have visited Georgia Tech and Clemson and he liked both though preferred GT's urban campus. Will visit Vanderbilt and Virginia Tech this fall. Not sure about Syracuse but he wanted to include a northern school. We will visit in January so that he can fully appreciate winter in New York. Likely to come down to GT, Vandy and Clemson (the state school option).
Any thoughts on these schools is appreciated.
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Jumping in with two feet! My DS17 is class of 2013 too.
He is an average student, currently has a 3.24 GPA and took the SAT once- got an 1140 which devastated him. He will take it again in October. He has only taken one AP class. The rest of his classes have been regular academic (which I guess is college prep- we only have three levels in our system- academic, honors and AP).
He has greatly improved academically since his jr. year. He was diagnosed with Lyme Disease in the winter of his sophomore year, and by all indications, he had had it for a long time. We tried to pinpoint when he might have come down with it, and we think it may have been at the end of summer before his Freshman year. I don't want to make excuses for him, but he was always tired, had trouble concentrating, and showed some signs of depression (moodiness), which we always chalked up to his being a teenager. But knowing now what I know about Lyme, it very well could have been the Lyme Disease. He had a miserable first two years of high school. Once treated and back to "normal", he improved greatly. I plan on sharing this story to the admissions officers at the private schools he is applying to, and his "personal statement" will be based on living with Lyme disease for the state schools.
Anyway, he is a super involved kid- band, orchestra, chorus, theatre, and will graduate with about 800 community service hours (he is in the top 12 earners of hours in his class of 666). He also holds leadership positions and is very active in our church.
He wants to major in either Psychology with a counseling concentration, or a psychology major with a youth ministry minor. One school he is looking at has a 5 year dual degree program for psychology with counseling concentration and a masters in youth ministry. That one is perfect- but the school is small from what we've heard. Really small.
So far, we have looked at:
East Stroudsburg University (of PA)
Messiah College (in Grantham PA)
Millersville University (of PA)
In October, we are scheduled to see:
Eastern University (in St. David's PA)
Cairn University (in Langhorne PA)
Kutztown University (of PA)
My biggest struggle is getting him to start writing the essays. He is really bucking me on this one. I wanted him to get it done over the summer before the school year craziness starts. So far, he hasn't done it. He has a couple of apps started and saved on the computer, but that's as far as we've gotten. I think he is overwhelmed. How can I help him without doing it for him?!
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It has an amazing psych program and elementary ed program. In addition, it has a really strong school of music which would give her opportunities for continuing some of her activities.
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MaryinPA, just a suggestion. Have your S take the ACT. It is accepted everywhere and my kids did better on it than the SAT.
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I'm enjoying reading everyone's stories. Thanks for sharing! My daughter went today to request her first three transcripts to be sent. As for UArts, we have looked into it quite a bit. I know it's cheaper than CMU, but it is still very expensive. We ended up just taking that one off the list.
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UGADOG99-this is way far from where you are looking-but for theatre/performing arts look at the University of Northern Colorado. It is in Greeley CO which is a smaller town about 90 minutes north of Denver. Their arts program is renown-people come from all over to attend and many of their alumni are now on Broadway. They are very supportive of the arts and it is a huge focus. And-if a change in major takes place they have strong business, education and nursing/health care programs.
It is affordable even for out of state. Greeley is kind of a "cow town" but the kids that go to school there love it.
(My dd just graduated from there in May-nursing but was actively involved with the music program so we are very familiar with the programs. In her heart of hearts she is a music major. Passed her nursing boards on the first try (as did all of her class)!
Good luck to you!
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My D(16) just started her senior year today I can't believe how fast the years have flown by. Asked about 1yrs ago she would have said Ivies and Duke were at the top of her list. Now after visiting plenty of Colleges her list has changed.
U of Alabama, Honors College~ already applied, guaranteed merit aid, and awesome dorms. This is her first choice and I won't be surprised when the acceptance comes, in a few weeks, that she says I am done.
U of Miami~ Common App in progress
Rollins College~ She loved the the campus
College of Charleston~ Needs to visit
UNCW~ attended Summer camp here for yrs
Florida State~ In state
Texas A&M Galveston~ App almost finished
D has the stats for a much higher caliber U but this it what makes her happy. Frankly I worry about the pressure she puts on herself let alone be at an academic pressure cooker U. Her major is Marine Bio/ ? minor along with a pre-law track, she knows either grad school or law school is in her future and wants to attend Duke then.
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