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A Strategic Retreat

So, I've been back home for about a month and half now, and it's been awesome. I have been subbing across Memphis, as well as tutoring and baby-sitting. I'm leaving for a South America trip in 31 days. I like to think I made a strategic retreat from Rwanda and the Peace Corps, leaving about two months before my official Close of Service date. The work I did with my students and other teachers was very rewarding, and we got a lot done. We had great teacher trainings, established clubs for primary and secondary students, and, of course, completed the Computer lab grant. However, aside from those experiences, my time in the Peace Corps was not amazing. There was the broken ankle, the house break in/theft, the issues with my bank account which prevented me from even accessing my living allowance, and the death of my beloved cat, Tunda. Plus, Peace Corps is the worst organization I have ever worked for. All of these things have caused me to label Peace Corps as the worst e...