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• Chapter 21: Star Spangled Banter: How Grits, a Bidet, and a Tea Wench Helped Me Understand America & the World 3 weeks ago Last year, just a few weeks before we left our old stomping grounds in Florida to begin a new life in Mali, we decided to pay a final visit to the West Palm Beach GreenMarket (yep, all one word, capital … Continue reading →
• Chapter 20: Feelin' Hot, Hot, Dead 2 months ago As a boy growing up in Illinois, March meant Spring was just around the corner. I was always alert for tiny hints, like the sprouting of a crocus from the half-frozen soil, the sighting of a robin fluttering in a … Continue reading →
• Chapter 19: In the Sweet Buy and Buy 3 months ago Generally speaking, I was one of those odd kids who looked forward to going to school every day. I loved almost everything about elementary school—that old school smell in the halls (a curious mix of floor wax, cooking meat, semi-gloss … Continue reading →
• Chapter 18: That's MALI. With an M. And no AW. 4 months ago Bali, not Mali A year ago we signed a contract to teach in Mali, an African country that nobody had heard of before. People assumed we said Bali, even though it’s not a country and nowhere near Africa. But it … Continue reading →
• Chapter 17: Is This Blog About: (a) Peri-urban Slums, (b) Malaria, (c) Multiple-Choice Questions, or (d) All of the Above? 5 months ago No doubt about it, field trips make teachers as gleeful as the students. I mean c’mon, what educator doesn’t enjoy a break from the routine, a glimpse of the world outside of those classroom walls, an occasion for the “real … Continue reading →

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