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Like Rain in the Desert: May 2010
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Sunday, May 30, 2010. Reevaluating Student/Teacher Relationships. via Facebook. Gretchen's status: Gretchen Marie is still trying to decide how to approach being a teacher on Facebook. Although I fought this invasion into my personal life for quite a few years, I finally succumbed to the madness about three years ago. And even though I'm on the old side of college life, I still consider Facebook for my generation. I'm still almost a student, right? Should I take our student/teacher relationship to a whol...
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Like Rain in the Desert: Traveling Tips and Woes
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Thursday, November 4, 2010. Traveling Tips and Woes. I left on a 2:30 in the morning flight, which is, I'm convinced, the very best way to travel from the Middle East. I nearly slugged a security guard on the way to my gate for trying to take away my water. Why have airlines suddenly declared war on water, btw? Trash that at once, you terrorist! And they tell you to "drink lots of water! When you are on the plane. Well how the bloody hell are we supposed to do that anymore? Once on the plane, pop your Am...
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Like Rain in the Desert: The End of an Era... For Now
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Thursday, November 4, 2010. The End of an Era. For Now. As I look back on my year in Jordan, I realize that I have learned so very much about myself and about what I can do when I put my mind to it. I have learned that it is the people around me who make my life special, not where I am or what I am doing. I have learned that I truly love teaching English and can actually stand children. Who knew. I have learned that I am strong enough to travel alone and have fun doing it. I have learned that I can make ...
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Like Rain in the Desert: November 2009
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Friday, November 27, 2009. Water We drink it. We bathe with it. We use it constantly in every part of our lives. And now I live in the desert, where water is a precious, precious commodity. Unlike in America, where water appears magically in our houses via pipes, the water in Jordan is delivered to each apartment every week. The complexes all have water tanks on the roofs that are filled up once a week. That is all the water you get for the entire week unless you pay more money. Normally, we could run ov...
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Like Rain in the Desert: November 2010
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Thursday, November 4, 2010. The End of an Era. For Now. As I look back on my year in Jordan, I realize that I have learned so very much about myself and about what I can do when I put my mind to it. I have learned that it is the people around me who make my life special, not where I am or what I am doing. I have learned that I truly love teaching English and can actually stand children. Who knew. I have learned that I am strong enough to travel alone and have fun doing it. I have learned that I can make ...
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Like Rain in the Desert: January 2010
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Sunday, January 31, 2010. We don't need no education. After pretty much a month and a half of being off work (those January days of giving exams didn't really count), we teachers finally have to buckle down and get back to our jobs tomorrow morning. Woe is us. But seriously. It is NOT going to be fun to get up at 6:30 in the morning after a month and a half of sleeping in. My sleep schedule is not amused by this. At all. On the other hand, it will be great to see my kids again! Apparently his daughter wa...
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Like Rain in the Desert: September 2009
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Thursday, September 17, 2009. Kids (and Foreigners) Say the Darnedest Things. In addition to the stories, the girls also just say the darnedest things. I was discussing the common writing mistakes the girls made on their latest assignment when one of the girls raised her hand. "Ok, two things," she said. "One, (something about the lesson that I forgot in lieu of her second comment). Two, your tag is out." Thanks. And it's not just the students. Today I spent the majority of the morning rewriting the ...
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Like Rain in the Desert: October 2009
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Thursday, October 29, 2009. Halloween - The Jordanian Way. If I were in America at this time of year, my days would be filled with enjoying the newly crisp weather, watching the leaves turn colors, and experiencing every haunted house, ghost story and supernatural hunting show on television. Tragically, my October has been a bit devoid of all of my favorite parts of fall. You would not believe how hard it is to find fake blood here. Or for that matter, blood-red lipstick at the last minute. Dear Taxi Cab...
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Like Rain in the Desert: March 2010
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Thursday, March 18, 2010. You try being a journalist when. For the last month, I've been trying to get back to my journalistic roots and write an article for a business magazine here in Amman called Venture. To make a long story short, it hasn't been going so well. When would they have time for that? In my last interview, which was indeed in person, the guy managed to misunderstand most of the questions I asked him, responding to the small part of my questions he was sure he understood. He finished t...
