Despite COVID’s attempt to wreck havoc on 2020–both in everyday life and around travel which is what most of us international educators do with our summers–I am here to share about a surprisingly wonderful summer vacation adventure right here in Turkey. I survived the tedious travel necessary to return from the U.S. and self-quarantined for the recommended two weeks. But then my real summer vacation kicked off–a two week trip here in Turkey with my…
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…
The first international news event I remember being conscious of was the disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant which occurred on April 26, 1986. I would have been twelve at the time of the accident. While I remember the Challenger disaster earlier that same year–we sat and watched the news reports come in while sitting in Mr. Kelley’s 6th grade classroom–it was Chernobyl that imprinted itself on my young mind. On and off over…