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Life Is Calling, But My Cell Phone Is Off
Mar. 19th, 2008 09:15 pmI went to a meeting about the Peace Corps tonight! The recruiter was super sweet. She showed us a video with people talking about their experiences (Moldova was mentioned, by the way!), then answered questions and told stories about her experiences.
"The first night, you cry alone in your little hut," she said, "then the next morning, you go to work!"
She lived in a very rural Zambia site that was actually closed as "unsafe" after she served.
There's only so much you can get from the website, and I'm really very excited about it all. The only thing I'm worried about is getting the necessary volunteer experience before I apply, so I'm hoping to talk to the recruiter one-on-one and get some feedback on what types of programs and such that I need to look into. She said she did Americorps, which sounds promising.
It's a bit vexing, trying to figure out how to balance an undergraduate degree, a job, and volunteer enough that I'd be a good candidate, but I'm determined to do this now.
I did ask about my two different degrees, and she told me point blank that I would be sent to somewhere for my biology degree since it's more of a specialist. Also, apparently they are so desperate for French-speaking people that they look at any Romance languages. Hello, Latin!
Anyway, I'm just very excited and really want to do this now. I was kind of wavering, then realized, "The only reason I'm hesitant is because everyone is so blasé about it, but this is something I really want to do."
So now I'm resolved!
"The first night, you cry alone in your little hut," she said, "then the next morning, you go to work!"
She lived in a very rural Zambia site that was actually closed as "unsafe" after she served.
There's only so much you can get from the website, and I'm really very excited about it all. The only thing I'm worried about is getting the necessary volunteer experience before I apply, so I'm hoping to talk to the recruiter one-on-one and get some feedback on what types of programs and such that I need to look into. She said she did Americorps, which sounds promising.
It's a bit vexing, trying to figure out how to balance an undergraduate degree, a job, and volunteer enough that I'd be a good candidate, but I'm determined to do this now.
I did ask about my two different degrees, and she told me point blank that I would be sent to somewhere for my biology degree since it's more of a specialist. Also, apparently they are so desperate for French-speaking people that they look at any Romance languages. Hello, Latin!
Anyway, I'm just very excited and really want to do this now. I was kind of wavering, then realized, "The only reason I'm hesitant is because everyone is so blasé about it, but this is something I really want to do."
So now I'm resolved!
