Week 3

After reading about cell phone use in classrooms, I could not help but remember an experience I had as a volunteer in the small community of Pampa Grande. I was at a community meeting for the community's library project in Bolivia when someones cell phone rang...mind you, the meeting was conducted in the ancient Incan language of Quechua. An indigenous woman ran out of the meeting with her cell phone to answer the call. Later, another woman ran out mocking her with a shoe up to her ear. At that point the whole community erupted in laughter. It was all very ironic to witness because although most of the community members had cell phones, about half had a bathroom, and a third had potable water.