by kpalana | Dec 16, 2015 | Blog
I Am With You I’m down to my last few days in “Hope-ia” as my youngest son calls Ethiopia. I will have a busy day helping students with their animations tomorrow so will just post a few photos from the week so far. First up, this is my walk to the...
by kpalana | Dec 9, 2015 | Blog
Visiting Family Hello again. I know you must think I have all this time and internet access to write daily blog posts but actually I don’t. I just try to communicate rather quickly if and when I can. So far I’ve been lucky enough to get online a little bit...
by kpalana | Dec 8, 2015 | Blog
Clap Clap Clap So now of course Ethiopia will always have a special place in my heart because of one small highlight today that really stands out in my teaching career so far. After I gave what I felt was a rather standard demonstration today, the students...
by kpalana | Dec 7, 2015 | Blog
First Day of School This morning I walked along the dusty road with Bekele, the coordinator of the Masters of Film program. It’s quite different from my daily walks to The American University of Rome. We got to campus and they have a lovely gallery...
by kpalana | Dec 6, 2015 | Blog
First Impressions OK. I’m not going to lie. I’m not the same broke graduate student I once was back in 2000 slogging through the muck in New Delhi, India in monsoon rains or the young woman in her twenties without children traipsing through Guatemala,...
