Category: Going Mental
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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…
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Abu Dhabi: Days 4 & 5
I'm not sure if it is more stressful to settle in to an apartment, start a new job with very little knowledge of the course, or walk around at night as a single woman with streets filled with only men. Votes? The past two days have been filled with information about classes. It has definitely…
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Abu Dhabi: Orientation Days 1 ~ 3
It is hard to believe that three days have already passed since leaving Japan and arriving in Abu Dhabi. The days have been a blur with information overload, shopping until dropping (literally) and adjustments mentally, physically and emotionally to a new culture and place. The best part of the whole situation at the moment is…
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New update on Blogger for now…
Just a note to say that I have posted on Blogger regarding my “travel” to the UAE, but will soon return to “Going Mental” as Abu Dhabi becomes home… Enjoy the blogger version!!! -T
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Good-bye for now Japan, Hello at the moment Abu Dhabi!
January 31, 2009 at 10:40am, I left Japan with this as my view from the airplane.February 1, 2009 at 7:45am, I awoke with a view of this: A new chapter of my life is beginning. It is bittersweet as I have left my heart in Japan, but I am also eager to try a new…
