I started Peace Corps Armenia as a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) volunteer in March 2019, and was there until we were evacuated due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.
While I was there, I wrote. A lot.
About learning a language, about culture shock, about what we can learn from each other, and about leaving suddenly and unexpectedly. I changed a lot too, from beginning to end. I hope I can share a bit of what that experience was like with you.
Peace Corps Armenia Essays
Peace Corps Armenia: Pre-departure
Peace Corps Armenia: Pre-departure Part Two
Peace Corps Armenia: raw garlic is spicy
Pre-Service Training Choose Your Own Adventure
Peace Corps Armenia: with dust in my hair
Peace Corps Armenia: lingua humins
Peace Corps Armenia: dancing and lights
Peace Corps Armenia: narrative arc
Peace Corps Armenia: special everywhere
Peace Corps Armenia: GLOW meghri
Peace Corps Armenia: blink and you’ll miss it
Peace Corps Armenia: andzrev galis e
Peace Corps Armenia: for example
Peace Corps Armenia: like it is
Peace Corps Armenia: how should i say?
Peace Corps Armenia: already winter
Peace Corps Armenia: berlin, dresden, home
Peace Corps Armenia: stories to keep you warm
Peace Corps Armenia: things i thought i knew
Peace Corps Armenia: the bees came back, and we’re waiting
Peace Corps Armenia: Evacuation
Mount Ararat, from the road I ran down almost every night.
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