This last week was my education group’s first Inter Service Training, or IST. It took place very close to my home, which is nice - it could have been anywhere in The Gambia, and it just so happens that admin decided on this place that’s just quite literally a stone’s throw from my front door. I mean, I could really chuck a rock from my house and break one of their windows. That close. Pretty convenient.

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Yes, I’m setting myself (and you, gentle reader) to experience random posts. These posts will cover something, or nothing, or anything in between. Generally, they’ll contain blurbs of stuffs-going-on that are interesting but don’t really necessitate an entire post of their own. That said, shall we begin?
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I’m feeling a bit talkative, so in addition to all the emails I just got through writing, I’m going to try to give a bit of a rundown on the language dynamic here in The Gambia. Mostly because it’s a Saturday afternoon, I have nothing else to do right now, and because I think perhaps it might be interesting reading for you, my dear audience.

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I haven’t taken a language course since high school, when I studied Spanish for two years. It would be fair to say that learning languages isn’t something I’ve spent a lot of time on (unless you count computer software languages, of which I know quite a few) - but that’s soon to change. In an effort to prime my brain for learning a new language (something I’ll have to do when I go overseas with the Peace Corps), I’ve been spending some time learning Esperanto.

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