Category: Classroom Antics

Teaching abroad: Is it really what you think it is?

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Whenever I tell people that I teach abroad, they look at me like I’ve struck gold. And in some ways I have. Teaching abroad can offer a wonderful package for teachers enabling them to pay off debt in their home countries, live comfortably in their current countries and it provides opportunities for new travel destinations. […]

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High School vs. Kindergarten: 6 realisations of an evolving teacher

.Reading time 15 minutes.

Earlier this year, I started my new teaching job in Kuwait and was informed that I would be teaching 5 year olds. This wouldn’t have been a problem if I was a qualified and experienced kindergarten educator. However- I am most certainly not. After 5 years of teaching, I have taught mainly at the high school […]

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Teachable Moments

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Today is my last day at my current school. I have been here for the last two and a half years and this is the place that has truly made me into the teacher, and person, that I now am. When I first started here, it was ROUGH. Just the appearance of the school made […]

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