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An Interview with Sera

July 2004 An Interview with Sera Amanda Taylor, a Periclean Scholar at Elon University, interviewed Sera.  Excerpts below: Why did you join the Peace Corps? Ah, that is the question. I got the idea in my head after a trip to Honduras to work on some development projects when I was 15. I thought, “these …

Haikus for Namibia 01 November 2004

Haikus for Namibia 1 November 2004 by Sera Arcaro a map on the wall the spider crosses the world in just three seconds   cows eating plastic small shirtless boys walking by they will eat the cows   the rains came heavy newly hatched insects emerged chickens are happy   I am teaching class the …

Exam Highlights

Exam Highlights ~ April 2003 I’ve marked 300 grade 9 English exams and 200 grade 11 exams.  The only way to make this experience tolerable is to look at the humourous side of it all. So I would now like to present my new series called: Namlish Grade 9 Exams  On the grade 9 listening …

Top Ten Ways a Namibian Classroom is like a Tang Soo Do Dojang

Top Ten Ways a Namibian Classroom is like a Tang Soo Do Dojang according to Sera and Zac   10.    The students wear uniforms (that don’t get washed often enough!). 9. The students have to sweep the room before class every day. 8. Everyone is always hungry, thirsty, and tired. 7. There is strict protocol …

HIV

HIV/AIDS Discussion  26 September 2004 I held a roundtable discussion on 26 September 2004 to discuss ways of encouraging actual behavior change through the HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in Namibia. The participants were five learners ages 17-21. All are in grade 12 and all are in the AIDS club. The participants were as follows– Male: Freddy …

Contact Us

Contact Us Sera and Zac can be contacted via e-mail: arcaro 4 at yahoo dot com . We are currently living in Raleigh, North Carolina. You can also read Sera’s Blog Sera and Zac in Peru, Summer 2009 Sera’s Favorite Recipes

Comparison between Namibia and the U

  Namibia U.S.A. Area 317,900 square miles 3,539,200 square miles Arable Land  1% (3,179 sq.mi.) 19% (672,448 sq.mi.) Population Density 6 per square mile 79 per square mile Human Population 1,820,916 280,562,489 Cattle 2,100,000 97,280,000 Chickens 2,350,000 1,830,000,000 Goats 1,700,000 1,350,000 GDP $7.6 billion $9.963 trillion Per Capita GDP $4,300 $36,200 Passenger Cars 62,500 129.73 …

The Arcaro Rest Camp

The Arcaro Rest Camp May 2003 Are your summer vacation plans bogging you down, keeping you awake at night? Do you want to go somewhere that has palm trees and sand, yet is not overrun by other tourists? Did you just inherit two grand with the stipulation that it must be spent on airfare to …

Near Death Experience

My Near-Death Experience in Namibia 10 November 2003 I was borne into this land of sand and goats on 27 October 2002. Shortly after I had celebrated my first birthday, I had a traumatic near-death experience. I had known from the beginning that my time here was limited; they had told us that the maximum …

My Colleagues

My Colleagues November 2003 First, I must preface this by saying that all my opinions are completely biased and may not reflect reality. However, any resemblance to fictional characters is completely coincidental, as these are all real, living, breathing human beings. Mr. Nghisheka-The Principal and economics teacher is a short, stout, older man, with a …

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