Found Poetry: Venezuelan Protests
This month is national poetry month. Today my class was working on found poems. Only half of my class was able to make it because there are protests going on […]
Category Archives: International Teaching
Day One at the AASSA Teaching Conference
Flying to an international location, staying in a nice hotel, meeting with people from all around the continent, and being in a room with so many others who share […]
Lessons Learned While Driving in Venezuela
Get really bright headlights installed (you might need to bring them from home if you want them, though) because street lights frequently don’t work and everyone has very tinted windows […]
Book Spine Poem
Today I thought I would try a book spine poem with my third-grade students for our slices. Book spine poems are formed by choosing books around a theme or main […]
Waiting for Gas in Venezuela
It has only happened a handful of times during the five years I’ve been living in Venezuela, but right now in Valencia, we are in the middle of a […]
Good International Schools to Work at For Families
As long-time readers know, I am a single lady without children (and I’m looking for an international teaching husband if you happen to know of one available– :)) so I can’t […]
Flashback Friday: One Summer in Japan
I have a soft spot for Japan. Sushi, amazing architecture, kind people, ramen, clean, orderly, easy to travel, and they even had a whole street of places to go salsa […]
Math Autobiography
I was inspired by aggiekesler to make a math autobiography. I really liked how she didn’t just use the numbers 1-10, but instead chose ten numbers that were significant to […]
Carnival at Isla Margarita, Venezuela
Mojitos, pina coladas, dreamy pools, and throbbing salsa music; this is what I think of when I imagine an all-inclusive hotel in Venezuela. While the pool was pretty nice at […]
Starting to Pack Up One Life to Start Again in the Middle East
Today I’m thinking about packing up my apartment here in Venezuela, selling things, and moving to Bahrain (a tiny island country in the Middle East). I’m accustomed to living/working in […]
Teaching Wanderlust 