Site Placement Interview

I've never heard how positive of a person I am so much in my life til recently. There was a bout of tension within my training cluster and my trainer has been very clear that I'm a positive force. I like this label, I think it's true and I think it bled into my site placement.

Site placement interviews went down just yesterday and while nothing is really clear, I have a better idea where I might be working. You might be surprised to hear that I don't know what exactly I'll be doing for two years. I know a little more now.

I began the placement interview on the absolute best foot, positivity appears to pay dividends. After a round of my experience so far, questions over how training is going, and how I'm adjusting to the new country and community I was given two options. The first described a facility setting I'm used to back in the states, working with Children In Conflict with the Law (CICL) in a center with a lot of land ready for development. This place also comes with bureaucracy.

The second option described was a community based job where I'd have less supervision, less direction, less support, more direct access to teaching children literacy, and the chance to work with parents. Working with parents is something I see as preventative for children, stopping abuse before it can happen. I'd like to be on the preventative side now as I've been on the rehabilitation side for so long and emotionally it's difficult.

I was told the second one is very difficult. I'm don't have experience in that field. I was asked which I wanted and I went for the second. As idealistic as I might sound now, I feel it's what I can actually have the greatest pull in. If I fell into a position I'm used to I might not get as much as I want from this experience. My passion as it stands now is with co-teaching literacy to street children with the hopes of working with parents in some educational manner to reduce abuse and increase awareness of children rights.

Who knows if I'll get my choice. My interviewer seemed very excited about my enthusiasm and I think he wants it for me too. I won't know for another two weeks.