[tickle]

Well it says that I would need to have four years of college, so actually it wouldn't matter what my parents think about it. I also wouldn't want to be placed where there is high crime rate.

You wouldn't have a choice, that is the whole point of the peace corp. you have to go where you are sent. Much like being deployed.

You go through basic training and are taught how to deal with all eventualities.

[Wondergirl]

A volunteer will be given options, depending on what he has to offer host countries.

[smoothy]

Ever notice that the "volunteers" are the ones working for nothing that are in all the godforsaken hell holes... and all the higher ups that stay here in cushy offices get paid big bucks? Yes I go by that office in Washington, DC every day when people in expensive suits and ties are outside smoking cancer sticks... with their Starbucks coffee.

[raisingale]

And what skills did the bee keepers have that assisted them in the Peace Corp?

Bee Keeping, simply that. There are a number of "positions" in the Peace Corps that are not remotely health-care related. Tunisia in my day also had a large number of volunteers whose expertise was construction.

[tickle]

Bee Keeping, simply that. There are a number of "positions" in the Peace Corps that are not remotely health-care related. Tunisia in my day also had a large number of volunteers whose expertise was construction.

Yes, of course I can see where these attributes would fit in. And especially the construction.