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Wrapping up Week 2!

There are SEVERAL times each day that I think to myself, "I'll have to remember to write that in my blog", but when I actually sit down to do it, forget a great majority of it! Yesterday was a fairly good day. The kids were a little wild but enjoyable. I taught handwriting in the morning,...

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cowane1 on September 2, 2010 from Morayfield, Australia

from the travel blog: Australian Adventures!

Go Home!

My last day of my travels! Wow. It's been great. The whole thing. Absolutely great. Today was my last full day so I did something a bit special - I went hang-gliding. Well, I tried. I met my instructor, Kevin, on the top of a Cliff overlooking the sea, and we got the glider prepared and ran...

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on September 2, 2010 from Cairns, Australia

from the travel blog: And now for something different...

Back in Action!

Well - those pills did the trick. Kinda. I am now able to muster sounds that people can make out! And overall I felt a million times better this morning, not necessarily 100%, but at least 60% or so. At school one of the teachers told me that pharyngitis (what I have) is the next step AFTER...

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cowane1 on August 30, 2010 from Morayfield, Australia

from the travel blog: Australian Adventures!

Weekend News and Blues

I hope you all have enjoyed the pictures I've added since I've last been on! It's been a particularly busy weekend, keeping me from writing each day. So - let's see how well I can recap! Friday was a good day of school. I administered a Maths test that I had created, and from what I've...

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cowane1 on August 29, 2010 from Burpengary, Australia

from the travel blog: Australian Adventures!

Sick Day :(

I ended up having to stay home sick today. I have completely lost my voice among the other miserable things that would keep me from teaching effectively. Most importantly, I felt that staying home would keep me from infecting any other children. I got into a doctor who diagnosed me with...

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cowane1 on August 29, 2010 from Burpengary, Australia

from the travel blog: Australian Adventures!

Welcome to the Sunshine Coast :)

After sleeping in until 8, which was glorious, my host family took me up the coast for a little bit of sight seeing and shopping. Because shopping isn’t really preferred by the boys, we dropped them off at Aussie World for the day. Think of a county fair carnival. That’s about the quality of the...

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Sara Sickels on August 29, 2010 from Maleny, Australia

from the travel blog: Australia!!

Awesome wave, dude!!

Originally, I had planned to spend the night in Brisbane with a sister of one of the girls that rides Karen’s horses. We were going to hit the town in our best party dresses (at least my best one that I had brought), maybe club-hop a bit, and go on a river cruise the next morning. Needless to...

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Sara Sickels on August 28, 2010 from Mooloolaba, Australia

from the travel blog: Australia!!

Permaculture, sweet potato, spiders and greens

After an exciting lift to the Fraser Island busstop with the hostel worker Genevieve (she forgot to close the boot and Nik's bagtook a brief flying lesson in the driveway), we caught the bus to Cooroy, to be picked up by our new wwoof hosts, from a permaculture property in KinKin. We spent...

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LizIsHere on August 28, 2010 from Cooroy, Australia

from the travel blog: New Zealand & Australia 2010

“Good Morning, Ms. Sickels!” (boy does it feel good to be a teacher!)

This is a weeks worth of school day recapping. What a busy week! TUESDAY Today I taught my first lesson! I taught a Maths (yes it’s spelled mathS with an S) lesson on choosing the right sign for different algebra problems. I thought it went very smoothly! I was really worried about my accent...

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Sara Sickels on August 27, 2010 from Morayfield, Australia

from the travel blog: Australia!!

Almost finished with the first week!

School has gone just splendid the past two days and I have REALLY enjoyed going, interacting, and of course teaching! Yesterday I taught the Maths again. Like Tuesday, it was for an hour and a half straight! 3rd graders simply CANNOT handle 2-digit and 3-digit subtraction with regrouping for an...

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cowane1 on August 26, 2010 from Morayfield, Australia

from the travel blog: Australian Adventures!

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