Today my son is going to a part-time preschool for the first time since the pandemic started. I thought I would feel relief, a break from parenting while working but I don't. I won't relax until he is vaccinated, or…
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In Turkey, November 24th is Teacher’s Day. Inside and outside of one of my cards. (We are still practicing articles. There are none in Turkish. My kids think they are tricky—clearly.) Teacher’s day is a serious business in Turkey. …
I was on a posting roll, and now silence it back. I am working on building new routines. I have been away from the apartment for about seven months in total since January. Coming back spurred re-organization and new projects. …
Back from the delicious lands of vacation and back to work. This year I have adjusted my teaching style from Western to Turkish. If I treated my students in the US this way there would have been a mutiny. I…
So last week was my first week of teaching after not working since February. The week went really well, and I was excited to be back. The school is great, the colleagues are wonderful, the kids are...kids. All in all…
My Work Permit finally came. It was supposed to be processed sometime in early September. It was supposed to be ready *next week* for about five weeks. Well, I have it now. We moved into our apartment provided by the…
I have been back to work for two weeks now, after a glorious 6 months of traveling and relaxing. And things never change. Two weeks after I started working I realized I had to do laundry. Right. Now. Because I…
The school year is starting soon, which means I have gone back to work. In Turkey school does not start until after Bayram, the celebration after Ramazan. However, just like everywhere else the staff goes back first. And so I…