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	<title>The World Is My PlayGround...</title>
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	<description>A Peace Corps Nominee Waiting to Become an Invitee</description>
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		<title>The Power of Community</title>
		<link>http://laquianicole.wordpress.com/2011/05/21/the-power-of-community/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 21:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[living alone]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I try not to worry about safety in this country. This may sound gravely irresponsible, but I am a worrier by nature. Too often the &#8220;what ifs&#8221; and &#8220;what could bes&#8221; consumed me, until I&#8217;d exhausted all possible courses of &#8230; <a href="http://laquianicole.wordpress.com/2011/05/21/the-power-of-community/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laquianicole.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12365597&#038;post=189&#038;subd=laquianicole&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where Are the Fathers?</title>
		<link>http://laquianicole.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/where-are-the-fathers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laquianicole</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peace Corps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fathers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The love,  respect and pride that I have for my family isn&#8217;t a secret I harbor. They are the strength that I wrap myself in every day, as I go out in the world doing whatever I want, saying whatever &#8230; <a href="http://laquianicole.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/where-are-the-fathers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laquianicole.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12365597&#038;post=182&#038;subd=laquianicole&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Think Before I Move</title>
		<link>http://laquianicole.wordpress.com/2011/03/28/think-before-i-move/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laquianicole</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peace Corps]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Moving]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot that has happened over the course of the 10 months that I have been in Moldova that has not been documented in this blog. Some of those events have led me to the decision to move &#8230; <a href="http://laquianicole.wordpress.com/2011/03/28/think-before-i-move/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laquianicole.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12365597&#038;post=174&#038;subd=laquianicole&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nose Picking = Socially Acceptable</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laquianicole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me just plainly state that there are a plethora of differences between Moldovan kids and American kids. However, there are a few differences in particular that I never really do get used too. Moldovan kids don&#8217;t have ANY problems &#8230; <a href="http://laquianicole.wordpress.com/2011/02/15/nose-picking-socially-acceptable/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laquianicole.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12365597&#038;post=169&#038;subd=laquianicole&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Removing the Cancer</title>
		<link>http://laquianicole.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/removing-the-cancer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laquianicole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day started off rather mundane. In my 2nd hour 6th grade class, only 2 students had their homework. Knowing that I had an amazing lecture planned for them, I refused to let it discourage me. After all, students not &#8230; <a href="http://laquianicole.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/removing-the-cancer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laquianicole.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12365597&#038;post=164&#038;subd=laquianicole&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kicked By a First Grader</title>
		<link>http://laquianicole.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/kicked-by-a-first-grader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laquianicole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not the type of person to blog twice in one week&#8230;but I had to get this down while it was still fresh. Today, on my way to teach  my 5th hour class, I approached a group of  first grade &#8230; <a href="http://laquianicole.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/kicked-by-a-first-grader/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laquianicole.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12365597&#038;post=157&#038;subd=laquianicole&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do you ACTUALLY think you are going to change anything?</title>
		<link>http://laquianicole.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/do-you-actually-think-you-are-going-to-change-anything/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laquianicole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Do you ACTUALLY think you are going to change anything?&#8221; I&#8217;ve been replaying this question in my head over and over again since last Saturday. It was a random conversation with a local that happened to speak English. I found &#8230; <a href="http://laquianicole.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/do-you-actually-think-you-are-going-to-change-anything/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laquianicole.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12365597&#038;post=149&#038;subd=laquianicole&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trying to Get Home</title>
		<link>http://laquianicole.wordpress.com/2010/11/28/trying-to-get-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 10:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laquianicole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow is an election day in Moldova. The possibility of civil unrest mandates that all volunteers be in their villages by Saturday night. I happened to be in cahul this weekend so getting home was much more difficult than usual.  &#8230; <a href="http://laquianicole.wordpress.com/2010/11/28/trying-to-get-home/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laquianicole.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12365597&#038;post=141&#038;subd=laquianicole&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quitting The Students</title>
		<link>http://laquianicole.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/quitting-the-students/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laquianicole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Quitting is not the same as Quitting. &#8221; My dad told me that my junior of college, right before I decided to separate myself from this organization at my school. &#8220;People quit things all the time Laquia, whether you like &#8230; <a href="http://laquianicole.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/quitting-the-students/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laquianicole.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12365597&#038;post=138&#038;subd=laquianicole&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blank Faces</title>
		<link>http://laquianicole.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/blank-faces/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laquianicole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How do you like Moldova?&#8221; If I had a Moldovan lei every time I was asked that question&#8230; I&#8217;d still be broke, but that&#8217;s a matter of economics, which is none of my concern. I promised myself a month ago &#8230; <a href="http://laquianicole.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/blank-faces/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laquianicole.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12365597&#038;post=129&#038;subd=laquianicole&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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