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Volleyball and Love in Hebrew in Arabic

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Today Yamini and I hiked to the little mountain and I took pictures then we went back to campus for a volleyball game with the ninth graders. When the idea was suggested I at first instinctively planned to decline. First, Yamini was teaching orchestra during that time so I could use her computer to write and study my Hindi course (weird how excited I get about that, Lekin Hindi bahut accha hei aur mujhe Hindi pad rahi hun pasand hei (but Hindi is very good and I like studying it ) –clearly my sentences are still elementary, but I’m getting better, and it makes good conversations). [read on]

Teaching

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Lorraine (one of our instructors and ESL teacher at the school. In her “spare time” she drivesIMG_0804.JPG kids to Bangkok – 5 hours total – every weekend for music lessons, brings hurt puppies to the vet, has adopted a few children, and acts as emotional support/mother to many of the children here). So, we’ve started helping out in her ESL classes, even teaching when she’s not there. My first few days when I could barely sit through their classes, let alone feign enthusiasm, [read on]

Pictures

Monday, February 5th, 2007
I'm having a frusterating time getting the entries i wrote on one comp to upload, given shaky internet and thai language issues, but here are some pics. The first is the girl who got really attached to me, her name is ... [Continue reading this entry]

Sound waves and ghosts

Monday, January 22nd, 2007


 The other day Dr. Jumsai gave a very interesting lecture on different learning styles. First he discussed the accepted Western Model, which is called Brain-based learning. The main idea is that ... [Continue reading this entry]

The NBA, Heavy Metal and Human Values

Monday, January 22nd, 2007
Today I helped out with a ninth grade ESL class, I sat with a group of boys and was instructed to have ... [Continue reading this entry]

Trip to Thailand – Ben and Jerrys and Praying McDonald’s

Friday, January 19th, 2007
So, I’m in Thailand and it’s fantastic, this entry is some details of the trip. I took the 18 hour Singapore Airlines flight from Newark (after waiting 8 hours there) to Singapore, and then hopped over to Bangkok. In transit ... [Continue reading this entry]