Friday I visited the
government's Teacher Center. It is located on the outskirts of town, next to
this neighborhood:
Maybe I'm mis-translating this, but I'm pretty sure it is called
"Get out if you can..."
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The main reason I wanted
to connect with the teacher center was to try to lend some legitimacy to my
research project and potentially recruit teachers with whom to collaborate.
In researching said
teacher center, however, I discovered it might not be the most popular
endorsement. Instead of finding an address in my google search, I found a
couple of articles about an incident this summer when union activists burned
the furniture and paperwork and defaced the buildings in protest against the
education reform.
The buildings were
significantly run-down, and there was no running water. Three women sat in a
dark office and were initially a little reserved, but when I explained my
project, they opened up and sounded interested in collaborating. I'm going back
on Tuesday to talk to the boss, so we shall see...
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