Join me as I try to meet the challenge of travelling to 30 countries before my 30th birthday
When my students were promoted to second grade they recited a poem. Hello, Summer! -- (A Last Day of School Poem) by Gregory K. It begins with the lines Goodbye, classroom! Goodbye, Teach! You can find me at the beach... (The entire poem can be found here) I think of this poem today because it …
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Kuwait is a country that seems like one big city and then desert. I've lived here for two years and I am not sure if Salmiya (where I live) is a separate city or simply a district or county or some other part of Kuwait City. The road between the two is short and busy …
These are the numbers of the government building we drive past everyday. Why do places exist where it's 46 Celsius? Also it's only June. Last year in August it reached 55 Celsius. In Canada we travel in the winter to escape the cold. In Kuwait we travel in summer to escape the blistering heat.
Tonight is our end of year dinner at work. It's already been a bit bumpy because the dinner is late in the year. This is a problem because many people are not attending the dinner because the holy month of Ramadan will likely begin tonight. This means that the Muslim staff (which is most of …
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The statistic is that most new teachers quit in the first 5 years. There are many reasons for this from administration to the zoo animals some people call children. Teachers are being asked to do more with less each day. From stagnant salaries and facilities to broken buildings and broken homes teachers have much to …
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Today at school we had our final field trip of the year. This is the one trip that doesn't have to tie to their education and can be completely for fun. I like Kidzania because it's a little city inside the building. They have a dentist, police station, store, bar, and so much more. They …
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It's only May but it has begun, the chaos at the of the school year. I teach first grade boys in a gender segregated school. This means that boys have class on one side of the building and girls have class on the other. There are doors and security guards in between. This is because …
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At my place of work we are bused to and from work. It picks up from the apartment at 6am and departs the school at 3:10pm. This means that for those of us that tutor after school we take a taxi back home. Usually I like this. If a friend is tutoring at the same …
The school that I work at in Kuwait is a bilingual school in Kuwait. This style of school, where students learn Arabic and English, is ever increasing in number and not just in Kuwait. The difficulty comes when parents want to move their children from a single language government school (in Arabic) to a Bilingual …
I'm not sure how long this will last but since I've returned from Greece Netflix has returned to working behind a VPN. This is great for me because there are not a lot of shows available in Kuwait that are not Netflix specials. While some of those are fine it didn't leave a large market …
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Thirty by Thirty 
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