Nine Days in Laos: Students and Novices
During my time volunteering at Big Brother Mouse, I learned so much about the lives of the students who went there to practice their English. […]
During my time volunteering at Big Brother Mouse, I learned so much about the lives of the students who went there to practice their English. […]
I chose Laos over Myanmar for my last country on this year-long trip, mostly because of what I learned while at the Karen refugee camp […]
This is the final post in my series about the Mae Ra Moe refugee camp where I taught for three weeks. I taught autobiographical poetry […]
My main focus during my three weeks at the Mae Ra Moe refugee camp was to teach English at two different schools. Education There are […]
The Karen people are an ethnic group from eastern Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand. Many live in Karen State in Myanmar. They have their own language, […]
I’ve written dozens of pages about my three weeks at the Mae Ra Moe refugee camp, thinking I would use it for a series of […]
The sun had just set and the sky had that kind of glow that made everything seem cinematic. It was Saturday evening and families were […]
Kratie, the sleepy provincial capital where I have been staying for the past three weeks, has a surprising number of backpackers wandering around the town. […]
There are just two months left in this year abroad, and the end seems to be coming at a fast pace. Sorry to my friends […]
These could not possibly be the same kids I was playing Uno and Legos with all afternoon. Not the ones who jumped all over me […]