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Senegal, Africa!!!
My Travel
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April 16th- May 2nd
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Guiding Question:
How do the people of Senegal define happiness?
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My favorite things from Senegal
There are so many things I don't want to forget about my experience. So many things that were beautiful in their own way. Things that...
Vickie Obenchain
May 6, 20183 min read
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Celebrating our last evening together
On our last full night together in Dakar, we all dressed in our Senegalese tailored traditional dresses went to a nice hotel for dinner. ...
Vickie Obenchain
May 6, 20181 min read
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Senegal's History: The Slave Trade
Today we went to Goree Island. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave-trading center on the African coast. Ruled in...
Vickie Obenchain
Apr 30, 20182 min read
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Back to Dakar
We arrived back in Dakar around noon on Saturday to gather, share about our experiences and rest a bit before a few more cultural...
Vickie Obenchain
Apr 30, 20182 min read
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Teaching kids in Senegal
Carmen and I taught at our host teachers private school Thursday morning. The students were 18-21 years in age (the last year in high...
Vickie Obenchain
Apr 27, 20182 min read
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A very HOT day!
Today there was a whole school day teacher strike, so we had to do something different for the day. It was 99 degrees out so you know, we...
Vickie Obenchain
Apr 25, 20182 min read
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Senegalese Kids are Awesome!
I have been very lucky to be paired with Carmen, my co-teacher, on this exchange. She is hilarious, fun and great with kids! She is a bit...
Vickie Obenchain
Apr 24, 20182 min read
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The Weekend
We arrived Saturday in our host community of Theis (pronounced Chess) for the week. Our host teacher, Lamin, took us to his surrogate...
Vickie Obenchain
Apr 22, 20182 min read
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Senegalese Students
Today was really fun. We started our day going to a Private School which was a combined ECE and lower school. It was really sweet. The...
Vickie Obenchain
Apr 20, 20182 min read
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On US soil in Africa
Today we started off going to the US Embassy of Dakar to learn how the Senegalese and American people work together and also how the US...
Vickie Obenchain
Apr 19, 20184 min read
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Arrival in Senegal
After 3 flights, and more than 24 hours in airports and airplanes, we arrived in Dakar, Senegal on Tuesday evening. Once we arrived, we...
Vickie Obenchain
Apr 18, 20183 min read
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Sunday before:
Today has been a bit stressful, Air France is planning to go on strike on Tuesday, so IREX re-booked us all this morning on new flights....
Vickie Obenchain
Apr 15, 20181 min read
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TGC Symposium in DC
February 15-17, 2018 The last few days, all the TGC fellows for the 2017-18 cohort (and many administrators from their schools) made...
Vickie Obenchain
Feb 18, 20182 min read
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I just found out I'm going to Senegal!
To be honest, when I found out this was my placement, I didn't know too much about the country. So I started doing research! Senegal a...
Vickie Obenchain
Dec 18, 20173 min read
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