This, according to a friend here involved in the primary school system is an actual statement made by an actual teacher to actual students here in Buea.  Students in Cameroon are taught not to question the authority or scholarship of their teachers from an early age and, even if they wer...

I’m sitting here quietly doing my work and watching as one of my students struggles to make it through the many security checks on her Facebook and email accounts.  We’ve entered in codes provided to us via text message and she has entered and reentered the bot check letters over and...

I am a big fan of the personality test by Myers and Briggs – basically it’s a bunch of questions about yourself and how you react to certain situations.  There are four categories where you can fall into one of two categories:  extroverted or introverted; sensing or intuitive; feelin...

Friday I was bite by a bug in the eye.  Now, I think because I lack good hygiene, it’s infected.  My eye is swollen and a covered in puss filled blisters.  We haven’t had water all day; but it’s no so bad because at least the electricity is holding.  Ah, life in Cameroon.

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Well office hours have started and I think they’ve been quite a success for both the students and myself.  I, despite my missing roommate, have kept myself busy and happy and they are getting much needed practice on the computer.  Although, as I write this, the Internet is down and we�...

Sunday I went to a volunteer fair organized by the European Union organizations working here.  It was a great opportunity to meet with locals and internationals alike doing work here in Cameroon.  I focused on the local organizations with a not so subtle agenda to get them to come into m...

It’s been a full week since my final trip to Yaounde to get my visa sorted.  I got into a patterned of classes and then leaving – wondering around the big city by myself and not worrying about it.  Being here for an extended time has been both a good and bad thing.  Not having to mov...

So, I’ve got a 3-month extension on my visa here in Cameroon.  In order to be blessed with this visa I have to stay another 2 days in Yaoundé.  I won’t lie – it’s nice to be in Yaoundé but it’s equally sorrowful to be traveling alone again.   I got some bad news from home las...

Another ride to Yaoundé another story to tell.  Each time I get on the bus there is a new sales men – and the occasional preacher.  This ride I found both encompassed in one man.  He started as they all do – invoking the creator and asking “him” to protect us on our journey.  Ho...