Please laugh at my joke, it’s all I have going right now. Okay well that’s not true because I’m in Mombasa! (Or as my family likes to say, Mufasa. Can you see where my sense of humour comes from?). Before I say anything else, can we collectively marvel at the view from my apartment? Sigh. Okay, now that that’s done, down to business. 3 flights, … Continue reading Ken-ya feel the excitement?
Summaries appear in several ways, though they always depend on the situation. For this internship, they can be formal, shaped into final reports and reflections both written and spoken that are shared with supervisors and professors. As I’ve found with family members, the summary is often confined to a few sentences that use far too many blanket statements. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, you’ll have an … Continue reading Internship reflections
Well, the final week is over, and I have two days to go before I leave Cambodia. Cue the sentimental music? Well… Though I am saddened to be ending my contract with AAC and saying goodbye to my wonderful coworkers, I don’t necessarily want to dedicate this post to a review of my internship. I simply wanted to further enlighten my readers (all 17 of … Continue reading Work.2
You know the game. Name a movie and within six degrees of connection, in some way it ends with Kevin Bacon. Perhaps the game requires some updating for today’s context, but the principle remains the same, that the world grows smaller every day. I’ve found the Six Degrees principle can even be applied to international development. There are many things that you can learn as … Continue reading Six degrees
From my office desk, I can see cars and motorbikes jamming along Preah Monivong Boulevard and the ephemeral downpours soaking the street as I read through Cambodia’s Education Sector Plan for 2014-2018. I’ve grown increasingly familiar with that document: most of my work revolves around analysing policy and the constraints the country’s education system has in implementing it. As I mentioned in my last post, … Continue reading Work
If you are interested in hearing about IEDP (internship) experiences other than those of yours truly, then check out my classmates’ blogs! While this isn’t a complete list,, it will give you a sense of what IEDP students do during their internships and how they evaluate the work they’re doing. (PSA: some of these blogs may not be operating/full of posts just yet, since some … Continue reading Some light reading…
The International Educational Development Program 