Dave Schmidt, stationed eight hours south of Manila, decided yesterday to stop thinking about possibly working at his local radio station, 103.9. Upon seeing the radio station during site visit Dave had a burst of enthusiasm planning to fulfill what he considers a missed opportunity in college. “I was gonna do it at school, but there was this six hour training and I mean who has the time?” David believes he has good taste in music and thinks it would be beneficial to his new community to share his love of semi-mainstream hip hop and Bob Dylan.
During his second week at site he visited the station and expressed his desire to “be a part of the team” and “help-out for free” to the DJ. Dave felt the DJ did not fully grasp what he was saying, or he would have been much more excited.
He never again stopped on his work to Centro, but for over two months was not ready to give up the possibility. “It would be pretty cool, or at least something my friends back home would think is interesting. I’ll probably still have moments where I’ll wonder if it would have helped my image, but hey, I’m in the Peace Corps, I don’t care about that stuff.”
His community seemed unchanged by his decision.
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