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Abigail Lloyd ’16 i was a teacher. i was also a learner.
Abigail Lloyd (’16) spent the summer teaching and learning at Musawenkosi Christian Academy (formerly called Mukhanyo Christian Academy) in South Africa. in her senior year at unC-Chapel Hill, Abigail is eager to begin her career as a music teacher. What have you been up to since graduating from Trinity School? i am a senior at unC–Chapel Hill, studying music education. i look forward to completing my degree and being a classroom music teacher! i also coach swimming at north Carolina Aquatic Club, an incredibly fun experience since i swam year-round until college. Describe your time at musawenkosi Christian academy. i spent seven weeks teaching music at a school that serves and educates orphans and vulnerable children in KwaMhlanga, South Africa. i imagined that as a teacher and a white American with a comfortable life back home, i would be the only person giving anything. i had the means, the safe home, two parents, and a top-notch education back in the States. in my shallow diagnosis of the situation, i stepped into the classroom determined to give love until i dropped from exhaustion. that idea got flipped on its head! one grade 3 student lived in an orphanage five minutes from the school. every morning, i drove into the schoolyard
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