After six months of teaching in Hong Kong, my time answering to “Mr. Pill” is about to end. No more alphabet songs and grammar lessons. No more Dr. Seuss read-alouds. No more giggles exchanged between me and four-year-olds. As much as I’d wish otherwise, leaving my position as a teacher…
Posts published in January 2019
I landed at Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali, Indonesia on Christmas morning. The humidity and sultry air characteristic of countries near the equator fell on me like a damp and tightly wrapped blanket. The arriving patrons shuffling through immigrations alongside me were primarily—if I had to guess—Australian, revealed by their…