Teachers’ Day, A National Holiday
I’ve been hearing about Vietnam Teachers’ Day ever since I arrived here, so I knew it was a big deal. In fact, it was the […]
I’ve been hearing about Vietnam Teachers’ Day ever since I arrived here, so I knew it was a big deal. In fact, it was the […]
The Fulbright program encourages its distinguished teachers to attend professional development during their time overseas, so I was grateful to receive a grant to participate […]
The tenth graders were working even better than expected while revising their poems this afternoon. The classroom had that magical hum of focused students working […]
“Today ten hour I go.” This sentence, uttered in Vietnamese, has been my proudest accomplishment so far in learning the language. I may sound like […]
I tried to explain to my fellow Fulbrighters (none of whom are teachers) the other night why Halloween is a teacher’s least favorite holiday. Until […]
The campus of Trường Đại học Sư phạm (Hanoi National University of Education or HNUE) is adjacent to several other universities, about 30-45 minutes from […]
My Fulbright project has several components to it, and one of them involves teaching autobiographical poetry writing to students here. The plan is for students […]
I have been working with students in middle school, high school and college for about a month now. I’m still amazed by the amount of […]
Into the Mountains Sitting at a classroom desk, I heard a tap on the window and could just make out the laughing faces of the […]
I’ve been in Vietnam for almost a month and there are some things that I already know I’ll miss when I leave. Feeling like a […]