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How an International Teacher Changed My Life

When I was in 9th grade in Romania, an international teacher from the U.S. walked into my classroom and changed my life. His name was John, and my classmates and I absolutely loved him.

I’ve ‘Turned on My Romanian’

by Anamaria

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…

A Wall, a Commercial, a Week

by Cate

Last week the world celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. Except me.

Or so I thought.

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 [...]

Schultüte Resource #3 :: How Diving Can Help Students See Other Perspectives

by Anamaria

by :: Anamaria Welcome back to Schultüte Week! (Wondering what a Schultüte is? Stop here and read Monday’s post. ) Each day this week we’re pulling a nifty resource out of our virtual Schultüte of Cross-Cultural Resources for Busy Educators. Yesterday’s resource offered 16 cross-cultural games, projects, and resources – all free and on the [...]

What Started Everything

by Cate

It shouldn’t come as any surprise that I’m obsessed interested in education, culture, and the world. But what started this obsession interest? I’ve always been drawn to other languages and cultures. But I sure didn’t have that affinity towards school. I was the kid who, when asked my favorite school subjects, answered lunch and recess. [...]

Friday Foto :: 2 Wheels or 4 Legs?

by Cate

photo by Brenda Anderson According to the description on Flickr, Ihuraua was in 1944 a small farming community. Students there went to school in a one-room school house. Wondering where Ihuraua is? Click here to see a map. Subscribe to our RSS feed and get notified of the next post in this series.

It’s Time for Office Hours, Again.

by Anamaria

Last week I talked about office hours. More specifically, I tried to figure out if there might be a cultural explanation for the existence of office hours in some countries, and not in others. I am not sure we can know this for sure, but here is what we do know. We know that in [...]

Office Hours, Anybody?

by Anamaria

I am conflicted. One the one hand, I can’t wait to talk about the different cultural perceptions of time, which should be the next topic in our Go to Culture School series. But, on the other hand, I can’t stop thinking about power distance and education. As I was driving to work today, I started [...]