Tobey Llop
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== Thinking Back == | == Thinking Back == | ||
| - | + | Rumor had it that about a quarter of the country's national budget was devoted to education, and interesting example for democracies everywhere. The country had been independent for a decade, and enjoyed considerable economic support from the former colonizing power, France. The President, Felix Houphouët-Boigny, who I was told by a local high official had studied medicine in France, seemed to have been very enlightened as Presidents around the world go before, then and since. I may write more about that later. I also hope to add pictures from my collection to the Peace Corps Wiki. | |
== Stories To Be Told == | == Stories To Be Told == | ||
While I was there, Pat Nixon, wife of the American President, paid a visit. I expect to write more about that here as well. | While I was there, Pat Nixon, wife of the American President, paid a visit. I expect to write more about that here as well. | ||
Revision as of 03:06, 20 February 2009
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| Country | Cote_d'Ivoire | |
| Years: | 1970-1972 | |
| Site(s) | M'Biakro | |
| Region(s) | Central | |
| Program(s) | Education | |
| Assignment(s) | Secondary-Edwarning.png"Secondary-Ed" 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. | |
| Tobey Llop started in Cote_d'Ivoire 1970 | ||
| Ted Ford, Tobey Llop | ||
| Region: Central | ||
| Tobey Llop | ||
Education in Cote_d'Ivoire:
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| Dennis Bilodeau, Tobey Llop, Gerald Plotkin | ||
| Other Volunteers who served in Cote_d'Ivoire
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| Sharon Abramowitz, Dennis Bilodeau, Leslie Therese Blanton, Michelle Daly, Cote d'Ivoire volunteers, Volunteers who served in Cote d'Ivoire, William DiDiego, Sarah Erdman, Tim Fischer, Ted Ford, Bethany Hardin Blackburn, Jennifer Humbrecht, Loretta Ishida, Shana (Jackson) Haines, Tobey Llop … further results | ||
| Projects in Cote_d'Ivoire
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| Pre-Kindergarten/Kindergarten School Construction, Primary School Renovation (Soungassou) | ||
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The Gist
Teaching English as a foreign language at the C.E.G. in M'Biakro, Côte d'Ivoire (AKA Ivory Coast) was a pivotal experience of my life. Most of us were fresh from college and delighted to have an alternative to participating in a war which seemed contrary to American values, American interests, and American honor. From the deal, Côte d'Ivoire got an inexpensive and reasonably competent English teacher who could model some of democracy's higher ideals and the volunteer, moi, got great adventure and some real education.
Thinking Back
Rumor had it that about a quarter of the country's national budget was devoted to education, and interesting example for democracies everywhere. The country had been independent for a decade, and enjoyed considerable economic support from the former colonizing power, France. The President, Felix Houphouët-Boigny, who I was told by a local high official had studied medicine in France, seemed to have been very enlightened as Presidents around the world go before, then and since. I may write more about that later. I also hope to add pictures from my collection to the Peace Corps Wiki.
Stories To Be Told
While I was there, Pat Nixon, wife of the American President, paid a visit. I expect to write more about that here as well.