I have a student in 7th grade, let’s call her N. N is a chubby girl. Being overweight is never easy, but when you are in 7th grade, it is absolute hell. As someone who was an overweight 7th grader, I am starting to think it is more hellish to be one in Bulgaria. N [...]
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Do Unto Others
Posted in Bulgaria, frustration, school on December 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Case for Cars
Posted in Bulgaria, frustration on December 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
AKA “Take These Bake Rolls and Shove Them” WARNING: Lots of complaining ahead. Even for me. And that’s saying something. Everything has been grating on my nerves recently. Not just school (think you all know how I feel about that by now.) Nothing really terrible has happened, just little annoyances that add up when the [...]
The Creative Process
Posted in frustration, TED on November 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I can’t remember whether or not I have posted this particular TED lecture already, so sorry if this is a repeat. It’s a great pep talk for anyone in any sort of creative field. In an effort to have something to show for these 2+ years of my life, I recently decided to make a [...]
Only in Bulgaria…
Posted in Bulgaria, frustration, my life is so awesome, school on November 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
…would getting the entire next week off from school because of swine flu mean that I will actually be required to spend MORE time at school than I would were I teaching classes. Let me clarify. The STUDENTS don’t have to come, but the teachers do. I have no aversion to work. The problem is [...]
Phones
Posted in America, frustration on November 2, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I went to the Alltel website today to see what sort of phones and plans are available. A lot has changed in the past year and a half, apparently. First, there’s no more Alltel in my area anymore. They merged with Verizon. So I went to Verizon’s website and I could feel a panic attack [...]
Dear Americans,
Posted in America, frustration on October 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Get over yourselves. I love and miss you guys, but for real. Regards, Andrea America is (or perhaps was…I’m not sure what the economy is up to today) the richest nation in the world. We have an absurdly high standard of living. We like to do a lot of things at once and cannot deal [...]
When your hands are tied.
Posted in Bulgaria, frustration, teaching on October 12, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Sometimes I wonder why I bother to even write about school anymore, since nothing changes. Those of you reading this are either other volunteers who have experienced/are experiencing the same things or you are people from home who have heard me tell a thousand variations on the same theme, that theme being: seriously, what the [...]
If it’s not a good time, it’s a good story…
Posted in frustration, people who hate their lives on June 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
…and, if this is true, then my Lichna Karta fiasco is shaping up to be one heck of a story. I almost started crying today because of it, then decided it would be so much easier to laugh instead. So I did. My new life philosophy is, “Will this matter in ten years?” The answer, [...]
