Greetings from Bangkok! It’s hard to believe that 9 weeks have already passed since my internship started. At the same time, I do feel that I’ve got used to life in Bangkok and I have a better understanding of where to eat good food and how to enjoy my spare time. I have 3 more weeks to go but my actual work days are much … Continue reading Sawadikap! Internship updates
I don’t know any other way to write about this than to be transparent. I am writing this from Philadelphia, not New Delhi. I expressed my discontent for enduring weeks without work or pleasantries to my supervisor at Sesame Workshop India. I told her I felt neither needed nor wanted – she responded by telling me it was my fault because I was not motivated. … Continue reading Sesame Street: Road Closure
At the halfway mark and there’s so much to say but also not much to say at all. Sesame Workshop has given us basically no work. Our on-going petitions for work have been met with empty promises and trite excuses since really before we even arrived to the office. It all finally made sense a few days ago. The education/research/content teams had been dissolved and … Continue reading A Whole New World
Naanga def, or how are you, is one of the few phrases in Wolof that I have picked up in my two weeks here. To say the past two weeks have flown by is an understatement; I feel like I haven’t had time (or made time) to sit and reflect on all that’s happened. From starting my internship and getting to know coworkers to finding … Continue reading Naanga Def?
Hi, everyone! I’m Emi and I’m spending this summer in Bangkok, Thailand. I’m interning with an international organization and working with a teacher education team which currently focuses on gender sensitive teacher professional development as well as other initiatives designed to support teachers in Asia-Pacific region. It’s my third time to visit Thailand but first time to live and work in Bangkok. I’m very excited … Continue reading New life in Bangkok, Thailand
So I will have you know that it is very interesting to be mistaken for a local in a place that is very unfamiliar to you. It is even more interesting to be in a country that shares the same name as you. Yet, I love it. It has been a dream of mine to travel to India one day, and I am still wrapping … Continue reading नमस्ते- Namaste! Hello from India!
Hi, everyone! I’m Ian from the Philippines and I am currently doing my internship with Room to Read in India. I am working with the Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation team. I am spending 6 weeks with the India Country Office (INCO) and 5 weeks with the Global Office (GO). My experience of New Delhi reminds me so much of home. There are a lot of … Continue reading Incredible India!
Hi, everybody! I am currently writing you from the island of Roatán, where I’ll be interning for the next few months. I’ll be spending this summer in Honduras, more specifically, on the island of Roatán. Roatán is the largest of the Bay Islands, but at about 8km in width, one is never very far from the water! While a part of Honduras, Roatán is very … Continue reading Roatán Ready
We are aware that the CIES updates are long overdue but as the saying goes — better late than never! CIES is an acronym of Comparative and International Education Society. The Society hosts annual conferences, and every year, IEDP cohorts participate in the conference in various ways. In this series, we will provide different perspectives of and experiences at CIES 2019. Today we have Alejandra … Continue reading CIES 2019: IEDP Field Trip
As my time as an intern comes to a close (along with my time as a graduate student– eep!), it has come time for me to offer my final reflections about the internship. Frankly, kids, it was a really good experience for me! But I have a sneaky feeling that no other IEDP student will ever want this exact internship, because most people come to … Continue reading Claire’s tips for remote interning/working
The International Educational Development Program 