I have learned that while things are not easy, they can be attained. It was so scarey leaving Chicago. It was scarey landing in a new country, but so far it's been worth it. What amazing people are here! I have just under two weeks until students arrive, but I am getting a clearer idea of what my assignment will look like in terms of curriculum and such.
I have learned that the best hummus I've EVER had is here in Kuwait. I'm so sorry I didn't take my camera along when I went out to dinner my first night here. My school, A'Takamul, is part of 4 schools that make up a group. One other school is the Gulf School. THEY follow the British curriculum. However, they are housed in the same buildings as my school. Simon (a teacher from my school) and I were graciously allowed to join the Gulf School at their big intro dinner at a wonderful Lebanese restaurant.
I have learned that people are wonderful and helpful. I live in an apartment building. Each floor has 5 apartments. There are 11 floors. The top floor is inhabited by "Gulf" teachers....floor 10 has 4 Gulf and 1 A'Takamul....floor 9 (mine) has 3 Gulf and 2 A'Takamul and floor 8 has one A'Takamul and who knows who else....*grins*
This is very much like a dorm lifestyle in that we keep our doors open when we want company and when we want to visit someone we just go upstairs or down! Mostly, I'm the token Yank among us. The other guy on my floor is from NY but hasn't really interacted with us. Among the Gulfers we have a Scot, an Irishman, a Welshman and the rest are just regular Brits! grins.... After dinner they put their dinner tables side by side and put tissue boxes in the middle and played some table tennis. It's great to be among such wonderful people!
I've learned that it's really HOT here and there is a difference between humid hot and not so humid hot. If I have to have hot, I'll take the non-humid hot, please.
I've learned that there is just about anything and everything here...McDonald's, TGIF, Hardee's, KFC, you name it, I've pretty much seen it...except for Wendy's. Haven't seen that yet!
I'm learning a lot and I hope to have pictures up soon of what I've learned.
I have learned that the best hummus I've EVER had is here in Kuwait. I'm so sorry I didn't take my camera along when I went out to dinner my first night here. My school, A'Takamul, is part of 4 schools that make up a group. One other school is the Gulf School. THEY follow the British curriculum. However, they are housed in the same buildings as my school. Simon (a teacher from my school) and I were graciously allowed to join the Gulf School at their big intro dinner at a wonderful Lebanese restaurant.
I have learned that people are wonderful and helpful. I live in an apartment building. Each floor has 5 apartments. There are 11 floors. The top floor is inhabited by "Gulf" teachers....floor 10 has 4 Gulf and 1 A'Takamul....floor 9 (mine) has 3 Gulf and 2 A'Takamul and floor 8 has one A'Takamul and who knows who else....*grins*
This is very much like a dorm lifestyle in that we keep our doors open when we want company and when we want to visit someone we just go upstairs or down! Mostly, I'm the token Yank among us. The other guy on my floor is from NY but hasn't really interacted with us. Among the Gulfers we have a Scot, an Irishman, a Welshman and the rest are just regular Brits! grins.... After dinner they put their dinner tables side by side and put tissue boxes in the middle and played some table tennis. It's great to be among such wonderful people!
I've learned that it's really HOT here and there is a difference between humid hot and not so humid hot. If I have to have hot, I'll take the non-humid hot, please.
I've learned that there is just about anything and everything here...McDonald's, TGIF, Hardee's, KFC, you name it, I've pretty much seen it...except for Wendy's. Haven't seen that yet!
I'm learning a lot and I hope to have pictures up soon of what I've learned.
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