aliciarice

I spent a year working with Khon Kaen Education Initiative, an alternative education program in Northeastern Thailand. I have a B.A. in Communication with an emphasis in video production. My main interests is documentary film making.

aliciarice has written 6 posts for Cooperative Catalyst

My Global Life, Our Global Living

Posted by aliciarice ⋅ May 7, 2013 ⋅ Leave a comment

In four short months, I learned more than I had in the rest of my educational career. And it wasn’t that the rest of my education wasn’t valuable, but that those 4 months were able to open doors to me that fundamentally changed who I was as a person. In 2008, I flew to Thailand … Continue reading →

I Dream of A System

Posted by aliciarice ⋅ December 11, 2012 ⋅ 2 Comments

I dream of a system where “public school” is not a dirty word. A system that I would willingly allow my future children to enter, without worry. Where good education isn’t equivalent with the depth of your pocket. A place where the value of education is recognized and funded accordingly. I dream of an environment … Continue reading →

Taking Education for Granted

Posted by aliciarice ⋅ June 9, 2012 ⋅ 5 Comments

I remember the moment that I fell in love with my host father. I had been working with the Land Reform Community for a couple of weeks at this point. It was the project period for my globalization and development program in Thailand, and I had decided to work with a community of scavengers. Working … Continue reading →

Definitions of an Educator

Posted by aliciarice ⋅ September 30, 2011 ⋅ 4 Comments

My experience in the realm of education has lead me to the discovery that I cannot be a teacher. I don’t feel comfortable in front of a classroom full of young people for long periods of time. I’m not always able to think on my feet and always seem to have the best ideas only … Continue reading →

College, Passion, and the Afterlife

Posted by aliciarice ⋅ September 1, 2011 ⋅ 18 Comments

I’ve always been good at things. I’ve always been in the top of my class. Even in elementary school, I fill my afternoons with extra curricular activities. I’m logical. I’m creative. But, mostly importantly, I’m passionate. I have a huge space inside of myself that feels it can only be filled through a combination of … Continue reading →

A Question of Failure

Posted by aliciarice ⋅ June 20, 2011 ⋅ 10 Comments

Before this last year, I’d never really worked in education. There was a brief stint volunteering in a 4th grade class, but other than that all my experience in the realm of education came from the 17 years I spent learning in it. In college, I studied Communication with a focus on documentary filmmaking. But, … Continue reading →