You can always tell when the end of a school year is approaching. The school reeks of the anticipation for the coming vacation, from students and teachers alike. Thailand was no exception. Teachers were scrambling to create and give their exams, just wanting to be done with lesson planning. Every time I walked into one … Continue reading School Coming to a Close
After celebrating the new year in paradise it was time to get back to reality. For me that meant teaching in a Thai high school. On that first day I was honestly as nervous as a scared, young freshman entering high school for the first time. Looking back, that seems like a lifetime ago and … Continue reading School Life
I was excited to start teaching and check out the school where I would be working. Unfortunately, I had to wait until after the new year for that, but they were going to keep me busy in the meantime. The way the timing worked out, I got to Sisaket just as the high school students … Continue reading Tiny Teaching
Before I knew it three weeks had gone by and it was time to leave Hua Hin and move to the city where I would be teaching. This had been the plan all along. I had prepared to go on this adventure on my own and face the challenges that were to come. However, I … Continue reading Goodbye Good Friends
Now that the fun orientation week was over it was time to get down to business. Due to the holidays at the end of December and the fact that the Thai semester was already underway, the 120 hour TESOL course was squeezed into two weeks(including one full day Saturday class). It was a lot of … Continue reading Taught to Teach
The Voyager 