Packer gives his reason for going: to get away (he was a recent Yale grad).
His training was different from Tidwell's, he trains in country. Plus, Packer admits cramming it all into a few weeks is futile.
Packer mentions culture shock - begins in the Lome' market (Tidwell didn't go there)
anthro: describes customs: chief's death, taboos
Tidwell didn't talk about his fellow volunteers. Will Packer? *I will. It was such a huge part of my experience.
He describes Lome', the director and his wife
He does some more research than Tidwell. The first example is here when he realized what they'd been calling him and all white people, yovo, means cunning dog. *I wonder if malae means something like that.
pg 15: We are very much in his Yale-educated mind
Curious...in contrast to Tidwell, I feel I already know this guy
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