A hard pill to swallow. Initially before coming to Cambodia, I thought I’m going there to use MY background knowledge in Public Health to help spread important health messages. I will gain so much from this experience. I will grow as a person.
Upon the cusp of the sixth month in country, the desire to think about MY wants and MY need to make sure every effort put into the community was perfect, instilled a constant feeling of anxiousness.
Will the students think I’M a good teacher during English/Health Club? Will I do this, that, and this too, plus that and 100 other things that will make ME feel accomplished?
ME ME ME ME ME ME. (As my friend John would say)
Rather than just being present in the moment and allowing situations to occur naturally; I had to make sure everything I did was calculated and would result…
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