October 17, 2014
Expect the Unexpected: Life is Full of Surprises
Pegasus English School is a school for underprivileged children in Kathmandu, Nepal. That’s where I decided to intern as a teaching coordinator, mainly focusing on helping with extracurricular activities. Nepal is one of the closest neighbors to my homeland, Bhutan, and I thought I knew its rich culture and was proficient enough to speak its language. However, after living in the U.S. for a while, Nepal had become a foreign land, where everything I knew was almost completely different. Hence, I’ll be talking about varieties of topics ranging from having to teach in a classroom, living in a hostel with the students, cultural shocks and barriers, monsoon season and providing a glimpse into my experience abroad. Yes, there were many unexpected occurrences, but it wouldn’t have been an amazing and exciting experience if I had everything my way or if things went just as planned.
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