Peace Corps?

So this past year I had a really amazing teacher who was such a good influence on my life. He is one of the coolest people I have ever met and his class was the highlight of each day at school. If you were one of the 12 kids in that class then you know who and what I am talking about. I once mentioned to this teacher that I had hopes of joining the Peace Corps after College. I am still unsure why but he made me promise I would not join the Peace Corps. He was very adamant on this. He even told me that if he ever found out I had joined it he would be very disappointed in me.

So I just started reading the book with the longest title ever First comes love then comes malaria: how a Peace Corps poster boy won my heart and a third world adventure changed my life. It is the true story of Eve Waite who after falling in love with a Peace Corps recruiter spends one year in Ecuador before returning back home (note: generally you spend two years in the Peace Corps). The story is still good although I feel it barely focuses on her Peace Corps experience brushing over it in a blur. The things the book do however mention about the Peace Corps makes it seem like a very underfunded government project. She arrives in Ecuador with a project that ultimately falters. Waite then is left alone to fend for herself basically attempting to find her own projects to help out with.... I will write more on the subject as I continue to read the book.

-A
unsure....


Sites (Factual and opposing views):
http://www.peacecorps.gov/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Corps
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/05/AR2008050502192.html
http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/peacecorps/peacecorps.html
http://www.transitionsabroad.com/publications/magazine/0409/the_real_peace_corps.shtml