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What will the world look like in 2035?
January 3, 2021February 2, 2022 Amy

What will the world look like in 2035?

Canada, Teaching ESL

Speedy Timeline In the week before school closed face to face instruction for the now extended Christmas break, a grade 6 English as a Second

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Working Title
December 20, 2020February 2, 2022 Amy

Working Title

Canada, Teaching ESL

I have not written in a while since the work-home grind keeps us busy from morning to night. The added (and ever changing) sanitary precautionary

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Always Running
August 12, 2020February 2, 2022 Amy

Always Running

Canada, Teaching ESL

I have a question for parents of young children: When was the last time you were bored? Parenthood has brought my multi-tasking ability to a

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Not All is Lost
July 6, 2020February 2, 2022 Amy

Not All is Lost

Canada, Teaching ESL

The trauma of the pandemic on both children and adults it real. No one is immune, I speak for working mothers. We are all going

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Heat and Exhaustion
July 2, 2020February 2, 2022 Amy

Heat and Exhaustion

Canada, Teaching ESL

Here is the summary of my past few weeks of teaching ESL in elementary school. This is the third installment of the diary notes I

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Back to School for a Second Time
June 7, 2020February 2, 2022 Amy

Back to School for a Second Time

Canada, Teaching ESL

Week 2: Meet the Students I would like to start off by acknowledging that each teacher’s situation in their school board and even their specific

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The Past 17 Days of Teaching
June 3, 2020February 2, 2022 Amy

The Past 17 Days of Teaching

Canada, Teaching ESL

Back to work post confinement I would like to start off by acknowledging that each teacher’s situation in their school board and even their specific

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Teaching ESL in Honduras
September 8, 2019February 2, 2022 Amy

Teaching ESL in Honduras

Honduras, Teaching ESL

I am a primary school teacher by profession and fell into teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) by chance. My love of languages and

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Speaking in Tongues
June 14, 2019February 2, 2022 Amy

Speaking in Tongues

Teaching ESL, Travel Central America

Since I can remember, I have been fascinated by how languages are learned. I studied Early Childhood Elementary Education at Concordia University in Montreal and

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About the author:

Amy is a mother of two young children, educator, and wife of a Canadian diplomat. She started writing about her adventures during their two year posting in Honduras and has not stopped since. Topics include travel adventures, honest teaching stories, and the ups and downs of family life. They are presently on their second posting - Barbados.

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