Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2008-082
Charles (Chuck) Kreiman served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ethiopia from 1968 to 1970 as a teacher (Ethiopia X). He was part of a large group trained for secondary education, primarily English as a Second Language (ESL). After training in St. Thomas and in-country in Addis Ababa, Kreiman was assigned to a secondary school in Asella in what was then known as Arusi province. Many Peace Corps teachers had been placed at that school since 1965 in an effort to measure improvements in student performance based on the national 12th grade examination. Kreiman first taught English and later took over seven 10th grade history classes when several Ethiopian teachers were expelled as suspected instigators of student strikes. He also served on the committee to select students for positions as elementary school teachers upon completion of a one-year program at teacher training institutes. At the end of the 1969-1970 academic year, Kreiman was the only Peace Corps teacher remaining at that school. Interviewed by Gloria Curtis, June 24, 2008. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).