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If by “waiting” you mean “feverishly preparing”…
“You must be getting excited for your exchange!” “Bet you can’t wait to go Australia for a year!” “Are you counting down the days until you leave?” Yes, yes, and yes! We are excited, but anxious at the same time. Right, we can’t “wait” to go. We are feverishly “preparing” to go. We count down … Continue reading
No, not yet. Soon we hope.
Half a year has passed since we mailed our application and no word yet on whether the Australian teacher exchange coordinators have found a match for us. I connected with two other applicants this past week. One who also applied to Australia has still not heard; while another applied for a UK exchange was disappointed, but not … Continue reading
Planning our Work, then Working the Plan
Here’s a handy list I’m working on adapting to our situation and circumstances. Today we assembled a calendar covering the time period from today to potential departure. Elsewhere, I appreciated the post from another exchange blogger about the superficiality of some of these items but, as she observes, they are necessary nonetheless. Once you have obtained the … Continue reading
Our International Teacher Exchange Blog
After crunching numbers, playing with the budget, and discussing the enormity of the undertaking, we (my wife, son and I) have applied for an international teacher exchange to Australia. This means swapping jobs and homes with a teacher overseas: I work at his/her school, in his/her teaching position, and we live in his/her house. S/he does … Continue reading
To Do List
From a well-written, thoughtful, insightful blog writer about a sabbatical year in Jerusalem with her family. This “to do” list is daunting and also satisfying, and indeed has occupied me for several months now. Yet the more things I cross off my list, the more haunted I am by its superficiality. A more emotionally honest “to … Continue reading
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