Jon Clarke likes to play with words, understand people, and vice-versa. He’s English, and this manifests itself through an uncontrollable desire to have a nice cup of tea whenever possible. Global wanderings have taken him all over the place, nodding and smiling in a variety of different i[...]
Posts Tagged ‘teaching abroad’
June 16th, 2010 - 10:03 am § in Costa Rica, Volunteer
Nobody Teaches You How to Say Goodbye
Last week was my last of teaching. It made for a week of fun and a week of sadness. In every class, we had a party, which ranged from me bringing cookies to every student chipping in to make food. Some members of my intermediate classes and I grabbed beers afterward, extending our lessons into the [[...]
From Hostel Living to Becoming a Tía
For the past ten days I’ve been living in a room with seven other strangers and awoken each night, and morning, by unusual sounds each day. There is always someone snoring heavily, someone speaking nonsense in their sleep, someone stumbling in after a long night of partying, or someone packing up[...]
