02 Jun 2017 Highly unqualified…and loving it.
Since September I've been kind of baffled, and I've never really blogged about it. Baffled by the fact that I was a teacher for 7 months. Even though I just graduated from high school...
Abi Bethke
30 May 2017 The Day After
I wrote this blog post the day after I left Cañar in my notebook while we were all still in Quito. I didn’t get a chance to type it up that same day (parasites were slowly killing me), and I just imagined I would get...
10 Mar 2017 Fear of the Faded Accent
Written on March 9th, 2017. Tomorrow would be my dad's 47th birthday. I just got off the phone with my grandma...
21 Dec 2016 Profesorita Abi
In the beginning, hearing “Profe Abi,” “Profesorita,” or “Senorita Abi” made me a little uncomfortable. I had no idea what kind of apprenticeship I initially wanted when I joined Global Citizen Year. There were really no expectations. I knew teaching English was of course a...
18 Nov 2016 “Ellos son como una familia real.”
This will sound incredibly cheesy, but I never could’ve imagined finding another family I feel so comfortable with when I initially signed up for Global Citizen Year. Yes, I definitely had hopeful expectations of really getting close with these people, especially considering I’d be staying...
11 Sep 2016 And the Journey Awaits…
Well, I’ve now been in Quito for two weeks and with Global Citizen Year for three. It is still baffling to hear myself say this, but the fellows I’ve met here feel like lifelong friends. After 3 weeks. I think that definitely has to do...
27 Aug 2016 Uncertainty and Unexpected Discoveries
I feel like I’ve been hesitant to write this blog post for a long time, because for months and months, I had absolutely no idea what I was diving into. I knew a dear friend who had done Global Citizen Year and spent eight months...
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