I was awarded a spot on a Fulbright-Hays service trip abroad. The destination: Turkey. The group is comprised of 6 teachers and 6 teacher candidates. We will trek across most of the country, stationed out of the capital, Ankara, for two weeks and then Istanbul for two weeks. As a member of this group, all my expenses are paid except for the roughly $800 I coughed up for the grad cred I will receive... bonus! So, I'm going to Turkey for a month. (Applause.)
My roll in this little soiree isn't to just be the coolest never-been-out-of-the country-because-I accidenally-had-a-cripling-fear-of-flying-in-my-20's-and-Mexico-doesn't-count chick ever. I'm expected to learn and grow my craft along the way. To do this I'm required to come up with a plan and then produce some finished products. This is the first of said projects. Welcome to my blog.
Second of these projects will be an IB Unit of Inquiry. A Unit of Inquiry a science or social studies based unit which is part the International Baccalaureate curriculum. Students "steer" learning in the direction of what they find most fascinating about these concept based units. It requires research and the ultimate goal is to produce 21st Century students who are internationally minded.
Friday night, I received a phone call from Trent, aka Spanish teacher extraordinare/co-worker/BFF. He was going to be at tomorrow's meeting, the first of three pre-departure Saturday meetings. Perplexed and incredibly excited I came to find out one of the teachers is unable to make the trip and so Trent may be joining. Needless to say we were both over the moon!
In summation, be jealous of me... hey, I'm jealous of me! I've waited for a long time to realize that the world is ready for me and I'm ready for it... so here we go! I'm about to be unleashed on Earth and we'll just hope she's ready to wrap me in her big, loving arms.
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