I’ve always had an issue with the term international school. It’s probably due largely to the fact that working with lower elementary kids, the majority of my students have barely ever lived in their country. Still others have multiple nations that they’ve been told they come from.
Invariably, our schools have special days or units […]
180 days. 6 hours each. September to June. That’s the way it was when I was growing up in Toronto. That’s the way it is for my students growing up in Yokohama.
Each year when we receive our weekly schedules at YIS, I stare at it dumbfounded. How the heck am I supposed to […]
Very ambitious infographic on summer reading from teach.com… Probably more of an exercise in design than a useful device, but a well executed one anyhow! Now… Where’s the category for enviro travel adventures through Southeast Asia?
This afternoon a friend called me up and asked if I could meet him for a coffee and take a look at a paper he was writing for his Masters program. This friend is one of the clearest thinking people I know, and he was feeling really spun around by the expectations of his program.
I love this. I love it when you read something that manages to express a belief you know you’ve held for some time, without ever having found the words or means to put it out into the world. It’s just happened to me.
