{"id":541,"date":"2015-06-30T12:57:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T10:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.traviswohlrab.com\/?p=541"},"modified":"2022-03-11T08:59:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T13:59:14","slug":"xxvii-penpals-conclusion-soaking-it-all-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traviswohlrab.com\/blog\/xxvii-penpals-conclusion-soaking-it-all-in\/","title":{"rendered":"XXVII. Penpals Conclusion & Soaking It All In"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lumelang kao feela lapala, bakhotsi, le batho ba lefatse
\n(Hello all of my family, friends, and people of the world),<\/p>\n

This will be my final post written and published in Lesotho. My COS (Close of Service) date has been set for July 14th<\/sup> and wrapping up projects has been a main priority. Last month I wrote about launching a monthly\u00a0 educational movie screening project which was an outstanding success. I focused my efforts in June to wrap up ongoing projects at Thaba-Tseka High School. This included disseminating the pen-pal responses as well as shoring up any loose ends with the computer lab and curriculum. Admist the technical work being done, I didn\u2019t lose sight of my friends and colleagues which made this Peace Corps experience truly remarkable.<\/p>\n

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Penpals Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Some very excited students with their letters<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pen-Pals are an age-old traditional for schools to partake in. I never had the opportunity to participate in an exchange myself, but being the facilitator for children on the other side of the world has made up for that quite handedly. At first I wasn\u2019t sure what to expect, or even how to coordinate such an effort. Thanks to the help of amazing teachers from Maine West High School, it was a resounding success as I\u2019ve wrote about in previous entries. June 8th<\/sup> marked the final trade in what have been astounding correspondences. All told, over 600 students experienced a back-and-forth separated by 12,000 miles.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a video which really highlights the excitement of my Form Es:
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