Okay, I've had it. I've tried really hard, but I just can't take it anymore. Hour after hour, day after day, of looking at powerpoints and having people talk at me... it's physically hurting me now. The CIA should look into powerpoint lecturing for their interrogation program. Or not, since I'm anti-torture.
Anyway, it's been nine weeks now since I started my job, which means nine weeks of training, mostly by powerpoint. One week to go. And then I'll get to do some actual work for a few weeks, inshallah. I hope I don't discover that my brain has been completely lobotomized by staring at all these powerpoints the last few weeks and that I'm now completely useless.
But on a positive note, I also had some really good meetings yesterday. One was about flooding in Senegal, so I was the local-knowledge "expert" (which of course I'm not really, but I did have a few thoughts to contribute, which made me feel good). The other was trying to figure out what I'm actually going to be doing in Kenya, which was just as unclear after the meeting as before, but at least I know now that I'm confused because everyone else is too, and not because I'm missing out on some important piece of information. And everyone was very nice and trying to be helpful, which reinforced my feeling that USAID is going to be a good place for me to work. Even if they are giving me a lobotomy by powerpoint.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
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