2 Years in Peace Corps Thailand
A thank you video for the teachers and friends I’ve made in Peace Corps Thailand. A very sweet family thank-you-video coming soon. 5 days and counting, America. สองปีในประเทศไทย โรงเรียนขอขอบคุณคุณช่องแคพิทยาคม
A thank you video for the teachers and friends I’ve made in Peace Corps Thailand. A very sweet family thank-you-video coming soon. 5 days and counting, America. สองปีในประเทศไทย โรงเรียนขอขอบคุณคุณช่องแคพิทยาคม
Okay, I know. It’s Friday, even late Thursday night in some parts of the world, but I’m busting at the seam to post some photos, so you can reap some […]
I wake up in the early hours of morning light with the host family downstairs already hustling and bustling about the room. It’s not yet 6:30 a.m. but the day […]
Oh ASEAN. If you’re an educator in Thailand, you’re well aware of this. If you’re an American friend or family member of a volunteer popping in, you may scratch your […]
Today has been one of the most difficult days for me in the classroom. I’m searching frantically for someone to talk to about my situation, an old friend in the […]
One of my favorite cultural moments while serving as a volunteer was attending a Hindu Festival in Bangkok last October. I went with a friend I met at Saphaipae Hostel, […]
My newest co-teacher, a 55-year old single Thai woman with a passion to learn English, drags in a phonics book taller than me into the classroom. She plops it on […]
Last February my parents and I Skyped one evening. They asked me which month they should visit me in Thailand. Their options were either of my school breaks: April and […]
If I wanted to work or teach in a failing education system I could have stayed in my own country. It has enough of its own problems. If I wanted […]
We all get stuck sometimes. Often life challenges our faith in humanity. Sometimes we’re encumbered by the sad hardships and harsh realities. We forget to hold on to who we […]
This is an anomaly to me: sports day in Thailand. Now, I’m familiar with field day in America where energy-thirsty kids flood into the fields and later come home with […]
Those who know me know that I’m rarely a woman of few words. For months I’ve searched feverishly for an appropriate medium to share my thoughts. Often times what happens […]