{"id":2495,"date":"2014-02-09T21:35:28","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T21:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/?p=2495"},"modified":"2014-04-02T20:32:32","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T20:32:32","slug":"next-highlighted-blog-httplaymanstermsblog-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/next-highlighted-blog-httplaymanstermsblog-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogs of international school teachers: \u201cLiving in Laymans&#8217; Terms\u201d (An international school teacher at American International School of Kuwait)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you inspired to start up a blog about your adventures living abroad?<\/p>\n<p>Our 35th blog that we would like to highlight is called\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/laymanstermsblog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Living in Laymans&#8217; Terms<\/a>\u201d\u00a0 Check out the blog entries of this international school educator who currently works at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/school\/727\/American_International_School_Of_Kuwait\" target=\"_blank\">American International School of Kuwait<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(29 Total Comments on our website) in Hawalli.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laymanstermsblog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2649\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/next-highlighted-blog-httplaymanstermsblog-com\/screen-shot-2014-02-09-at-11-36-07-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-09-at-11.36.07-PM.png?fit=600%2C231&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,231\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2014-02-09 at 11.36.07 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-09-at-11.36.07-PM.png?fit=600%2C231&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2649\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-02-09 at 11.36.07 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-09-at-11.36.07-PM-300x115.png?resize=300%2C115\" width=\"300\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-09-at-11.36.07-PM.png?resize=300%2C115&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-09-at-11.36.07-PM.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few entries that we would like to highlight:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laymanstermsblog.com\/2013\/12\/19\/its-cold-weather-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>It&#8217;s Cold Weather Again<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast time I wrote about\u00a0<a title=\"The weather is gorgeous\u00a0(now)!\" href=\"http:\/\/laymanstermsblog.com\/2013\/11\/23\/the-weather-is-gorgeous-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how nice the weather<\/a>\u00a0was. That was after it rained. I don\u2019t think I did a good job of sharing how crazy the rain was. Now it\u2019s cold (it\u2019s been in the high 30s and low 40s a couple mornings when I\u2019ve gone running!)\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>It is all about perspective when living in a different country. What one person thinks is cold, another person might think it is not THAT cold!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>It is good to know that in the Middle East, the weather can get a bit chilly in the winter. Many people might just think it is hot all year round.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Luckily, we have a comment topic in the City Information section of all school profile pages that is about weather. \u00a0It is called &#8211; &#8220;Describe the city&#8217;s weather at different times of the year.&#8221; \u00a0We currently have 140 separate comments (about a number of international schools) in that comment topic on our website.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laymanstermsblog.com\/2013\/05\/28\/siblings-in-kuwait-spring-break-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Siblings in Kuwait &#8211; Spring Break 2013<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the deals we are giving our 5 siblings is a trip (once) to visit us.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/foreverlearningtogether.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abby<\/a>\u00a0is here for the semester subbing and Andrew came to visit for his Spring Break! Shannon was studying abroad in Barcelona so they met up in Kuwait. It was a memorable week for all! (see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/shanpimmel.blogspot.com\/2013\/04\/kuwait.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shannon\u2019s post<\/a>\u00a0for proof)<\/p>\n<p>There was a little miscommunication\u00a0..Shannon arrived on Friday, March 22nd and Andrew arrived 24 hours later. Luckily we like Shannon so it worked out just fine<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>What a great idea!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I always say&#8230;if you got a friend or family member living abroad somewhere, it would be a SHAME not to go visit them and that country!<\/p>\n<p><em>Not all family members are able though to have the free time to go on a trip to visit you. \u00a0Many also are not able to afford it either. \u00a0So, how nice to pay for their trip for them! (that is if they can get the time off of work to come visit you.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div>Want to work for an international school in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/search_school.php?city=288\" target=\"_blank\">Hawalli<\/a>\u00a0like this blogger?\u00a0 Currently, we have 5 international schools listed in this city on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.internationalschoolcommunity.com\/home.php\" target=\"_blank\">International School Community<\/a>. Here are a few that have had comments and information submitted on their profiles:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/school\/773\/American_Creativity_Academy\" target=\"_blank\">American Creativity Academy\u00a0<\/a>(Hawalli, Kuwait)\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>31 Comments<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/school\/727\/American_International_School_Of_Kuwait\" target=\"_blank\">American International School of Kuwait\u00a0<\/a>(Hawalli, Kuwait)\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>29 Comments<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/school\/934\/Kuwait_National_English_School\" target=\"_blank\">Kuwait National English School\u00a0<\/a>(Hawalli, Kuwait)\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>12 Comments<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/school\/359\/Universal_American_School\" target=\"_blank\">Universal American School\u00a0<\/a>(Hawalli, Kuwait)\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>22 Comments<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong>If you are an international school teacher and would like your blog highlighted on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.internationalschoolcommunity.com\/home.php\" target=\"_blank\">International School Community<\/a>\u00a0contact us\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.internationalschoolcommunity.com\/contact_us.php\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you inspired to start up a blog about your adventures living abroad? Our 35th blog that we would like to highlight is called\u00a0\u201cLiving in Laymans&#8217; Terms\u201d\u00a0 Check out the blog entries of this international school educator who currently works at\u00a0American International School of Kuwait\u00a0(29 Total Comments on our website) in Hawalli. 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