Maggie McDonald
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Maggie McDonald  | ||
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| Country | Hungary | |
| Years: | 1995-1997 | |
| Program(s) | Education | |
| Assignment(s) | English Teacherwarning.png"English Teacher" is not in the list of possible values (Agroforestry, Sustainable Agricultural Science, Farm Management and Agribusiness, Animal Husbandry, Municipal Development, Small Business Development, NGO Development, Urban and Regional Planning, Primary Teacher/Training, Secondary Teacher/Training, Math/Science Teacher/Training, Special Education/Training, Deaf/Education, Vocational Teacher/Training, University Teacher/Training, English Teacher/Training (TEFL), Environmental Education, National Park Management, Dry Land Natural Resource Conservation, Fisheries Fresh, Ecotourism Development, Coastal /Fisheries Resource Management, Public Health Education, AIDS Awareness, Information Technology, Skilled Trades, Water and Sanitation Resources Engineering, Housing Construction Development, Youth, Other) for this property. | |
| Maggie McDonald started in Hungary 1995 | ||
| Maggie McDonald | ||
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| Other Volunteers who served in Hungary
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| Maggie McDonald, Jennifer Snyder, Donald Weber | ||
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My name is Maggie McDonald. I was part of Hungary 8 serving from 1995-1997. Ours was the last group in Hungary. The Hungary mission was designed to be shorter as we were there primarily to help them transition from a communist system. Many of the TEFL volunteers were there to fill in while local teachers went back to school to learn English themselves.
My placement was in Mateszalka in North Eastern Hungary. I taught English in a vocational High School. I taught around 17 hours per week with an average class size of 35 students. Out of the 430 studenst I taught, only 20 were female. I was paired with a Hungarian teacher who taught all the grammer and I worked on verbal skills.
For my secondary work, I and another volunteer ran a monthly children's program at a nearby Bosnian Refugee camp. We received a grant from Levi's to purchase sports equipment, art supplies and books for the school. While lonely at times, I'd count my time in the Peace Corps as one of the most rewarding periods of my life and have made lifelong friends out of my fellow volunteers.