These members of Team Laos agreed to a round of Word Association with terms that are especially specific to life in our corner of Southeast Asia.
Shana Beers is a 4th year teacher in the capital city of Vientiane. She loves teaching, hates gum, and is usually mistaken for a Lao person when she wears her helmet.Megan Fry is a 4th year teacher in the South Central city of Savannhakhet. She has a famously contagious laugh that will make any joke seem brilliantly delivered.Kayla Wells is in her 1st year with ELIC, teaching in the Northern town of Luang Prabang. In her free time, she enjoys playing Guess Who and watching Friends with friends.
When prompted, each participant immediately wrote down her responses to the following words:
1. Dirt
(Dong Dok is the National University of Laos)
2. Hot Season
3. Air Con
“Air Con” is what we call air conditioning here, and we didn’t realize that it’s not a universally known term. Hi-so=High society
4. My Job
5. Team
6. Lao Dogs
If you have to ask, you’ll never know. And we still don’t totally know…
7. Home
8. ELIC
