Archive for September, 2002

Unaware I had returned

September 5th, 2002 by Jason Pearce.

This week I spent some time in contact with the Peace Corps office in DC. While I wish I could give you some promising news on my case, I’m afraid it’s rather bleak. Here is the story… On August 27, 2002, I called the Peace Corps Office of Placement to be considered for re-enrollment. I did [...]

Peace Corps hypocrisy

September 4th, 2002 by Jason Pearce.

Here’s another email that I just had to share. It shows some of the frustrations that the volunteers are having with the Peace Corps hypocrisy. I removed the volunteer’s name for privacy purposes.

I have ZZZZZZZero students as of now

September 4th, 2002 by Jason Pearce.

I really miss some of the friends I made in Guyana. I just got a great email from Patrick, one of the IT volunteers that I really enjoyed hanging out with. He kids that his host mom Norma, who loved to feed the two of us, is concerned that I might not be getting enough to [...]

Peace Corps is looking for an Internet Communications Manager

September 3rd, 2002 by Jason Pearce.

The irony runs so deep on this one that I laughed out loud. Today, while searching for “web content manager” jobs at Monster.com, you won’t believe what I stumbled upon. Apparently, the Peace Corps is looking for an Internet Communications Manager to take over responsibilities for http://www.peacecorps.gov/. How funny would it be for me to apply [...]