The International Educator Expat Experience: Where Are You From?
This seemingly simple question is profoundly deep. It is not simply about geography. It is who you are, as an individual—your values, your priorities and so much more. If you have been in international education for long, chances are that you struggle to answer this question, or preface your response with, “originally….” As I began […]
Find out what languages your host country speaks and the level of English spoken there
Speaking the language of the host country is on every international school teachers’ mind. How great to speak the language of the host country well enough so that you are able to have some local friends who may or may not know English! You might say that is every international school teachers’ goal when they move abroad. […]
Culture Shock and Misplaced Normal (An int’l school teacher’s experience in Tanzania)
There’s an element of visiting home while living abroad that I call Misplaced Normal. It gives you a taste of the culture shock that everyone else that is just visiting your country feels when the norms that they carry with them don’t apply to their new surroundings. When people first move to a new place, […]