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Jul 11 2008

Week 2, in a nutshell

Donate Now I survived.  More to come.

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Jun 26 2008

(Official) Induction, Day 3

Donate Now Today we were introduced to the School District of Philadelphia, or SDP. We watched a documentary about six students going through their final two years, trying to make it in to college. In the end, only two got into community colleges, one ended up in jail, and another ended up pregnant. It reminded me…

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Jun 22 2008

Day 1, induction (unofficial)

So, day one in Penn is in the books. We had a group supper and then learned about what to expect tomorrow with job interviews. Apparently a lot of the schools that have English vacancies aren’t able to make it tomorrow, so not all of us got interviews. Fortunately, I have one job interview tomorrow,…

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Jun 22 2008

On the Ground

I have officially been in Phily for over 36 hours right now. I spent today wandering around my new home, specifically between 15th and 5th on Market. Today I visited Independence Hall, and then went to the Constitution Museum, which was sweet. They had a room that had life-like statues of all of the Framers,…

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