a Peace Corps Tanzania blog - age is but a number

It's weird sometimes to think that at 23 years old I am teaching seniors in high school. Now add on the adult classes I teach 3 hours a week where the age range is 20-35. It creates this weird dynamic especially here in Tanzania where age is often more important than wisdom. Luckily being a teacher is met with great respect......the first president of Tanzania himself is known as "The Great Teacher." So teaching the adult classes is going better than I expected. The students acknowledge that I have knowledge about something they wish to learn (mainly mathematics). Though I still feel weird correcting someone 10 years older than me or seeing them struggle with something that is so easy to me.

Since I am a volunteer and not suppose to have an outside income I am using the $0.80 I get paid an hour for teaching these adult classes to print copies of exams for my Form IV and III students. Normally they have to pay everytime I want to give a test (paper in this country is relatively expensive).

Life otherwise is going along beautifully. Running/training for the Kilimanjaro Half-Marathon on March 2 has proved a great stress reliever and outlet.