I wanted to share with you a link to a New York Times article that chronicles the frustrations that many students face within the education system in South Africa.
Joao Silva for The New York Times
In the absence of a teacher, students discussed their work at a high school in Khayelitsha, on the outskirts of Cape [...]
My trip to Memphis, Clarksdale and New Orleans stems from a relatives involvement with Teach for America. My sister Tara Porfirio was recently accepted into the ranks of Teach for America and began her summer institute training in Texas and then was placed in Clarksdale, Mississippi, in the Delta region. Histrically known as an impoverished [...]
I have been frantically pulling together materials for my presentation(s) and getting equally excited about the prospect of visiting Trinidad this November. Never having been to the islands of the west indies I’m truly looking forward to interacting and engaging with a culture and peoples I know very little about.
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