http://www.syndicatemizzou.org Thu, 24 May 2012 09:37:33 GMT en-us 40 Center for eResearch Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activity http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/images/logo.png 384 80 http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/peacecorps2/ipod/PC2_03_How_changed_them.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/peacecorps2/ipod/PC2_03_How_changed_them.m4v The Peace Corps experience helped each of the fellows see America differently. Jensen describes his newfound skepticism when he looks at international development agencies. Keller knows that the Peace Corps has influenced her to understand the world from a West African perspective. Craver felt a degree of closeness to his host family that is rare in the U.S. Bowes has noticed the overwhelming choices in U.S. grocery stores. “You’d go into shops in Africa and there would be ten or twelve things on a shelf, and maybe one of each, too,” she recalls. “Here, we never run out of anything.” 3 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:45:47 GMT