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Are there any peace corp like organizations except with a year long minimum
Not unless you're a doc (or a very experienced nurse)......or so I was told.Medecins Sans Frontiers (doctors without borders)
I posted this earlier. Hope it helps. Also, if you are a US citizen consider Americorps. Teach for America is also a wonderful (and competitive) org. with only one year minimum commitment.. and I don't think it has citizenship requirements
I'd rather stick my scrotum in a blender and hit "Chop" than teach at an inner city school. Anyone who does it has my respect and admiration as a result of dealing wth such a population of students.
I restrict my teaching to adults.
Hell, you'd have a better selection of drugs off of the kids at a rural high school......one raid of the school I used to attend yielded: pot, LSD, ketamine, Ecstasy, meth, sundry prescription medications and GHB. The only thing the inner city kids have that we don't is crack (and I don't doubt SOMEONE at our school had it).No way, you could score some sweet drugs off those inner city kids.
*No offense to any inner city kids here, your lives weren't all drugs and gunshots.
Hell, you'd have a better selection of drugs off of the kids at a rural high school......one raid of the school I used to attend yielded: pot, LSD, ketamine, Ecstasy, meth, sundry prescription medications and GHB. The only thing the inner city kids have that we don't is crack (and I don't doubt SOMEONE at our school had it).
Oxycontin, Percocet, Valium, etc...... sundry is just another word for "assorted" or "various"
Yeah, in my county, being caught with more than a personal use quantity of raisins will buy you a long stretch in prison.Oh, I was thinking sundried fruits i.e. mangos, apples, etc.
Americorps is 10 months, but I'm pretty sure Teach for America is 2 years.
AmeriCorps length of commitment is one year. There is an option for renewing for up to three years after your first term of service is complete, but no obligation. Some programs, like those that work with school children, are realistically 10-month programs, because they break for summer, but the contract dates are usually one year from the time you finish your training.
I'll finish up my tenure as an AmeriCorps VISTA just before starting school in July, so it worked out pretty well in that respect. There are enough programs in VISTA that you can find something you're interested in, and there are a few in Alabama that I can recommend, if you'd like to PM me, or to ask about the general life of a VISTA.
Teach For America, on the other hand, is a two-year program but I've heard really good things about it from those who have done it. I didn't opt for TFA because of the time commitment, honestly. Taking one year off was a hard enough decision for me that deciding to take two was just untenable.
Anyway, that's all I've got.
I believe Doctors without borders, or anything international Red Cross Disaster stuff requires specialization in certain areas (disaster management, etc..) or be a practicing healthcare professional. Not sure though, each organization will have its own rules- but the general idea is that college students and even medical students normally wouldn't be able to have too many responsibilities starting out until they put a few years into these type of programs and move on up
MSF'll let you volunteer yr time as an office rat.
May I suggest an organization which is respected the world over and emphasizes service while giving training in leadership and self-actualization?
and what would that be?