As you may recall I traveled to San Francisco in January to visit my sister and newborn niece. That was at the start of Coronavirus, and prior to it being designated a Pandemic. I am grateful I was able to get in, and then out, of California before things blew up. If I remember correctly, I departed on February 6th, just one day before California had its first fatality from COVID-19. I returned to Turkey…
In the grand scheme of things a human life is little more than a blip on the timeline. My 80 years or so on the planet will be nothing. I know for some people the impacts of COVID-19 have been minimal. That is not the case for me. As an international educator COVID-19 not only impacted how we do our job, but it impacts our way of life. Most people become international educators not just…
As COVID-19 sank its teeth into Turkey, the government made a decision to move Spring Break up by three weeks, and then to move teachers and students into the realm of online learning after that. I had planned to spend my spring break within Turkey because I want to explore this beautiful country, which I call home, just as much as any other–if not more! Amazingly I was able to move all of our plans–rental…