Category: Going Mental
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Catching up! – Part 3
Sometime in December, my friend – Shu – sent me a call for entries to a competition in the local newspaper to win a lesson with Rafael Nadal and tickets to the semi-finals of the Capitala Tennis Championship happening at the end of the year. Thinking that it never hurts to enter a contest, I…
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Catching up! – Part 2
Slowly, but surely, the catching up is happening. 😀 Christmas this year was a bit of a mix of emotions. Some personal stuff was going on and I was extremely homesick as it just doesn’t feel like Christmas when the weather is warm and the only Christmas cheer is that of commercialism – everything I…
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Catching up! – Part 1
Yes, it is already February…and I’ve yet to post events from the end of the year. 2009 ended and 2010 started with a big bang and chaos, but now that it out of the way leaving smooth sailing for the rest of the year. 😀 (One can hope!) My next few posts will be an…
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Posts updated
Just thought I’d post to say that my posts for the summer have all been updated. You can see all the photos from my travels on my main website under Photo Journeys. So, I hope you’ll enjoy viewing and reading. More trips are hoped, but until then, I’ll be posting on my website. Until next…
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Brief update
My regular site cannot be updated at the moment due to some problem uploading my photos from my summer travels. I’ve not had time to update this blog with photos in the posts as I had hoped. So, it’s all coming in due time…. I’m hoping to get it worked out in the next few…
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ZOO: Teaching Moments 2
I have a special needs student in my class. She has physical trouble getting around the school, but intellectually she is quite adept. From day one, she has interrupted me while I was speaking to tell me that she didn’t have a handout since she hadn’t been to the first classes, or that she had…
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Settling in…
I know that I should be updating more. Some have asked for pictures and some have wondered what has happened to me. I’m here, but I still don’t have internet at home, thus it is difficult to update my usual blog. My fingers are crossed for the internet to be connected some time this week,…
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ZOO: Classroom Moments 1
Cultural Observation: Negotiations are done loudly and with great expression until finally a coin is tossed to determine a winner. My students have begun working on group projects this afternoon. I have given them a rare period to begin working. One of the tasks is to determine a country to focus on, but no group…
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ZOO: Teaching Moments 1
Issue 1: 5-minutes = late for both two hour sessions On Day 1, we discussed as a class the rule for coming in late to class. Instead of having a break half-way between the two 1-hour sessions, we go for 90-minutes straight. This means that the rule for being allowed 5-minutes to be late applies…
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Abu Dhabi: A week complete
Eventually I will have to stop counting the time that has passed and truly accept that this is where I live but I still am adjusting. Life isn't truly settled until I have Internet access at home (to come in a few days!) and more furniture. The good news is that my material life is…
