Ryan Keith
Volunteer: Ryan Keith
Bio:
I am biologist by trade. With a BA in biology from Jacksonville University, I focused on large animals and environmental conservation. I began my tenure in the Peace Corps October 2010 where I am teaching biology, physics, and life skills in a girls' secondary school in Kenya. I live in a small village in North Kenya called Diribgombo near the town of Marsabit.
To read more of my stories from Africa, follow my blog at http://aworldnotourown.blogspot.com
Contributions from Ryan Keith
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They can smell my fear…
Yes, I think they can smell fear, and no I am not talking about hyenas, or jackals; I am talking about camels. Those damn camels! I love them even though they are being big jerks. I am becoming scared of them. A few weeks ago, a camel was strangely offended by me. He had run towards me, kicking up his heels and tossing his head like a silly, upset horse. I had just stood there, not sure what he was trying to do. It wasn’t until later that I realized that he could have easily kicked me in the ...
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Ah, the Good Life
This has been an amazing weekend. I had had a mildly stressful week. Everything just ganged up on me and tried to drag me down; the bicycle breaking repeatedly, the last time hopefully for good so I can have an excuse to get a new one, the desert getting even hotter than normal which is totally not fair, having guests and a new neighbor coming over to my house twice a day all week thereby destroying any semblance of privacy I used to pretend I had, and one of my fellow volunteers ET-in...
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Mama Said There'll Be Days Like This
I am having a rough week. On my way to school Wednesday, my bicycle broke. I was riding downhill when I heard a loud SNAP and knew I was in trouble. I know what you are thinking, “Ryan, you already told us this story”. Unfortunately, and frustratingly, I am not repeating myself. My bicycle broke AGAIN. For the third time in two weeks. I spend most of my time pushing the damn thing to and from school. It is really starting to annoy me. I fixed the brakes last week, rode the thing for a ...
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Speaking of Things that are Sharp....
I only have a few minutes to write before I have to go to school. It is a little after six, I have been lazy lately and not getting up at 5 like I should. I wake up at five and then hang around reading in bed hoping to wake myself up enough to stumble out of bed. It never works and I am trying to find new ways to convince my body that 7 hours is plenty of sleep. I have always been an eight hours of sleep type person and my body absolutely hates me for cutting back to 5 or 6 hrs. But tod...
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Love my students!
Great pic of my students and me!
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Friends
Some of the girls.
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Students and friends
My new friends
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Students and friends
My students whom I adore
