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I got a new job…

By Alan on July 24, 2009

My two years as a VSO volunteer are coming to an end: I’ve accepted a position as a Linux system administrator with a Kenyan-based non-governmental organization, ILRI. I’ll be working with ILRI from August – December, and then we’ll see after that. I’m done with VSO. That means I’m done with teaching. I’m done with [...]

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Posted in Kenya, Teaching | Tagged College, Holy Rosary College, ILRI, Kenya, Nairobi, Swahili, Tala, technology, VSO | 7 Responses

Job Hunting…

By Alan on May 29, 2009

The college where I work runs a small Internet café, and people from Tala and the surrounding areas come to browse the net. I always see people checking their e-mail, browsing Facebook, etc, but about once a month I see someone applying for military contracting jobs with companies like Blackwater and KBR. I don’t know [...]

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Posted in Kenya, Rants | Tagged Blackwater, Holy Rosary College, Iraq, KBR, Kenya, Rants, Tala, War | 5 Responses

The Ultimate Question

By Alan on July 4, 2008

I have been teaching two classes to students this semester: Introduction to Programming and Algorithms and Network Essentials. So I’ve spent the past eight or nine weeks lecturing, giving assignments, and issuing CATs. I just gave the third CAT to my programming students and I thought it was pretty fair, but I was surprised at [...]

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Posted in Kenya, Teaching | Tagged Holy Rosary College, Kenya, Tala, Teaching | 4 Responses

Holy Rosary College Now Online!

By Alan on May 22, 2008

Holy Rosary College has now arrived to the 21st century: we now have a website! You can check it out here. While my main work here is teaching students and training staff, one of my other responsibilities was to create a website for the college. Well I’m proud to announce that we are now on [...]

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Posted in Kenya | Tagged Holy Rosary College, Kenya, Tala | 10 Responses

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