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To Find Yourself, You Must Do It Alone
I am part of an online English teacher community. It is basically a Facebook group where all of us soon to be/current teachers are able to help out one another by answering any questions that many of us may have.
Your average day at Elementary School…
If you know me at all, you know that I have never really been a huge fan of children. They’re dirty, they’re loud, they’re blunt, and they’re always getting in your face. I took a gamble on myself when I...
When the World’s Not Watching
I have been in Thailand for exactly 367 days now. Lately I count them like a kid waiting on Christmas because now I’m waiting on home. When I decided to pack my life into boxes and leave them in the...
Ça continue en France
I arrived in Paris before the first streaks of sunlight shone through dawn. I had carefully balance all three of my suitcases on the trolley before setting off to locate the welcoming crew. The idea of me living in Paris...
Easy to Say, Difficult to Prove
I saw her from a distance. I was walking along a sidewalk in Bali when I noticed the skinny and frail woman in tattered clothing sitting beside the street with a young daughter. I reached for my wallet, and as...
“The Darkest Night is Ignorance”- Buddha
It seems as though my culture shock had come quickly and left just as fast. I am finally settled into my new apartment (basically a dorm room lol) and have been teaching my wonderful kindergarten class for about a week...
Alumni Spotlight on Keyra Howery; Learning About Veterinary Care as a Volunteer
This volunteer experience in Costa Rica was absolutely worth it. You get to make great friends. You get to really interact with the animals and say things like, “You got pooped on by a parrot today!” You get to be...
Zip Lines, Fika and New Swedish Adventures
When I think of everything I've already done, it's crazy that it has been less than a week. My host family has dunked me head-first into a Swedish vacation, or semester as they say, and I have loved every second...
6 Reasons Why I Fell in Love with Sri Lanka (and Why You Will Too!)
1. The food “Money cannot buy happiness, but it can buy egg roti which is basically the same thing” – Anonymous. What is egg roti you may ask? Picture a warm piece of half baked bread, fresh out of the...
Slowly Getting Comfortable
Well, would you look at that. I have already been living in Thailand for 3 weeks! How crazy is that? In the short time that I have been here I definitely feel like I am learning so much. Not only...