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National Archery in the Schools Program
Thursday I completed the National Archery in the Schools Program instructor training. Teachers from the International School of Ulaanbaatar were also present. It was a day-long course that involved learning how to set up and run a range, equipment care and maintenance, and a fair bit of shooting technique. Our school plans to purchase …
Negombo, Sri Lanka fish market
We arrived in Sri Lanka late on Friday the 21st of December. Our driver – Ashoka – picked us up at the airport and drove us to our hotel in Negombo. Jay and Shannon had arrived the previous day. Jay had chilled some beer to celebrate our arrival. Making things sort of strange was that …
A night in Beijing
After Mike spent a few days with us in December, we flew to Beijing for a brief overnight layover before our continuation to Thailand and Sri Lanka. We landed and went through the special line for transit visas. This was just a few days before three-day visas on arrival were beginning for Beijing. (And Shanghai?) …
Jordan in a chess tournament
Yesterday and Friday after school the International School of Mongolia hosted a tournament that our students and students from Elite school (also in Ulaanbaatar) participated in. Events were for grades 4 and higher and included chess, badminton, and table tennis. Our school had a number of kids participate – nearly 50. We had huge turnout …
Simulated parenthood
I have had our 10th grade classes carrying around a fake baby for over three weeks now. The body is a bag of flour and then there is an egg taped to the bag as a head. Everyone has a partner that they are doing this project with. I am allowing the students to leave …
Kids today…
During the elementary lunch break it is somewhat depressing at times to see a long row of kids playing on their cell phones and tablets. Yes, there are just as many kids playing table tennis. And there is also an equal number playing soccer outside. I recognize that not every kid wants to spend their …
Ulaanbaatar street art
Last year Pepper and I went on a walk specifically to photograph some of the street art we have seen around town. I have shot some since and wanted to gather some of the work. This spring we’ll go out on another photo walk because we have passed by some cool pieces in the months …
One of my photos on the Tosh.0 blog
I had a message from a friend the other day pointing me to this link on the Tosh.0 blog. It is from my Instructable on how to make an easy gruesome serving dish out of a doll. I read that blog almost daily and would probably have seen it on my own but it was …
We have accepted jobs in Chennai, India!
It is quite certain. Not everything is completed – we don’t have visas in our passports yet. But it is as good as done. We’ll be in India this fall. I will be teaching high school physical education and Pepper will be teaching 7th grade humanities at the American International School, Chennai. Chennai? You might …
Finding school textbooks
SlugBooks is a neat tool that can be used to find text books for college. The best part is that is does a comparison of a number of sites that offer text books and then shows the lowest price – even for used books. I have cashed in on selling used texts online by selling …
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