| Username: | Margaretmerle |
| Full Name: | Peggy Dreyer Lepkowski |
| E-mail Address: | lepkowski@gmail.com |
| Last Logged In: | July 21, 2010 |
| Registered: | July 11, 2010 |
| Total Posts: | 1 |
| Status: | New member |
| Country of Service: | Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) |
| Training Group: | TEFL |
| Cities you served in: | Abengourou & Abidjan |
| Arrival Year: | 1978 |
| Departure Year: | 1981 |
| Work Description: | taught EFL at Lycee d'Abengourou (1978-1980); taught English/teacher training at l'Ecole Normal Superieure in Abidjan (1980-1981); worked at summer Peace Corps training at Lycee St Marie in Abidjan (summer 1979) running the kitchen. |
| Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps: | taught ESL, English and French in the public schools (Dearborn Fordson HIgh School, Dearborn, Michigan) and retired in 2005. Now I live in White Lake, Michigan with my husband, Mike, and two college-aged children, Michael and Megan. |
| Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?: | Peace Corps impacted the direction of my life. It led me in the direction of ESL teaching, my Master's in Linguistics and the sharing of my cultural experiences whenever I get the opportunity. |
| Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?: | yes. Anyone who served in Ivory Coast. |