Category: International Teaching
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A Normal Tuesday in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
The Questions Everyone Asks When I first began telling people we were moving to Ashgabat Turkmenistan, there were two reactions we received. Is that a country? Where is it? or They immediately imagine something mysterious and profoundly foreign while picturing the opening scene of Aladdin. Complete with sand dunes and magic lamps. If you’ve ever…
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Professional Development Travel Abroad Through a Teacher’s Eyes
Imagine boarding a plane with 80 of your closest coworkers, a sinus infection, and zero sleep—welcome to my Tbilisi adventure Leaving Ashgabat As we left fall behind, I braced myself for winter and holidays abroad—knowing they would look nothing like the ones I’d always known. Before I could fully settle into that reality, I was…