Join me as I try to meet the challenge of travelling to 30 countries before my 30th birthday
Happy Earth Day. Take the time today and do something to help our planet. Yesterday, one of the teachers at the school where I work arranged for the students to take part in a beach clean up for Earth Day. We removed bags of garbage as well as bicycles and other large metal pieces. There …
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Happy New Year - My resolution is to try to post once a week on the blog. I am bad about forming habits like posting, I often get busy or distracted. I never did let people know the results of the job posting at the local High School. I got the job. For the rest …
I remember a few months ago when I was in Kuwait and even into the summer I was worried. I had accepted a job back at home back in Canada as a Teacher on Call. I was scared that I wouldn't be called or get enough work to pay my bills. I was worried that …
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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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I was in my room at my hostel in Barcelona, Spain when I knew what I wanted to do with my life. I found my purpose in that small, shared room. I was with my roommates (three Canadian girls) one night just talking in our room. They were on a Spring Break trip. They were …
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Today was promotion day. I had my hair and make-up done. I had the tall shoes on. I had a parent ask me where I was because they thought I was someone different. I had my principal speaking to me on the phone while she looked at me because she didn't know it was me …
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Students have two weeks left at school in Kuwait and the teachers have 4 weeks left. It's time to sing and celebrate that we are almost done. We've held the students attention and forced things into their brains (75% of which they will forget over the summer, or so research says). Now it's time for …
Most of us have probably heard the old adage "If you judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree it will always think it is stupid". This is commonly said about children and the current education systems ability to assess student performance. It's that time of year. The End. This is when we …
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But not the romantic kind. I just finished teaching my final science unit of the year and it was on Magnets. I like to do this at the end of the year because it's more hands on than other units on plants/weather/etc. This means that antsy and excited boys can move around while they do …
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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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