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I’ve ‘Turned on My Romanian’

A couple of days ago, as I was slurping down delicious white bean soup with green onions on the side (onions that I would take big bites out of – yummy), my U.S. American husband looked at me and said, smiling, you’ve turned on your Romanian, haven’t you…

It’s All About You! November Edition

by Cate

It’s all about you: our readers.

No matter how passionate one is about something, sometimes there just aren’t enough hours in the day to devote ourselves to that passion as much as we would like. We’re sure you know what we mean!

The Danger of a Single Story

by Cate

Reader Lisa Velazquez mentioned the video below to me in her comment on my recent post about the Mercy Corps commercial I love. (Thanks, Lisa!)

The video, a TED talk by novelist Chimamanda Adichie, is called The Danger of a Single Story.

How You Count Cash: A Cultural Thing?

by Cate

According to this video, yes! (Hat tip @chrisguillebeau via @alanperlman)

Friday Foto :: Japanese School Lunch

by Cate

photo by Buck82 Photographer’s Note: I eat school lunch every day. Usually, the meals that arrive at my desk are pretty tasty. Udon, curry, ramen, etc. Today, though, it was ridiculous! I ate all of it! I could barely move the rest of the day. Note to subscribers :: If you don’t see this photo, [...]

It’s All About You! October Edition

by Anamaria

by :: Anamaria It’s all about you: our readers. No matter how passionate one is about something, sometimes there just aren’t enough hours in the day to devote ourselves to that passion as much as we would like. We’re sure you know what we mean! We know our readers are passionate about education. And that [...]

More School Photos from Argentina

by Cate

by :: Cate Pamela and I are working on a project that helps students develop their cultural, language, and technology skills (we’ll share the project with everyone in a couple weeks). So when I was in Argentina in September, Pamela planned her classes so I could visit some of her students right around the time they were working [...]

School #2: Colegio Martin Miguel de Güemes

by Cate

by :: Cate On Tuesday I posted pictures of students at the Ciclo Basico school in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. Today I’m posting photos of students at another school in Bahia Blanca that Patricia teaches at. This school is called Colegio Martin Miguel de Güemes. Patricia told me that the school is named after a well known patriot in our country who fought [...]

The Ciclo Basico School in Bahia Blanca, Argentina

by Cate

by :: Cate Visiting schools around the world is something I love to do. So Pamela set up a few school visits for me when I was in Bahia Blanca, Argentina for the FAAPI conference. This week I’m going to share photos from the 3 schools I visited. Below are photos from the first school, called [...]