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Ask me your questions, bridgekeeper, I am not afraid!

Posted on March 31, 2011 by how_sven / 1 Comment

Answer me these questions three, ‘ere the other side ye see… Upon meeting new people, I’m always asked the same questions. Everyone’s ve...

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In the Classroom

Posted on March 29, 2011 by how_sven / 1 Comment

I eventually make my way to my classroom where I teach my lessons. In the breaks between classes or before classes, some students I don’t teach like to tr...

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Walking to School

Posted on March 29, 2011 by how_sven / 0 Comment

Georgians, from what I gather, rarely walk anywhere. Why walk, when for 40 tetris (25 cents), you could just take a marshrutka? When I first arrived in Kutaisi,...

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Checklist for the Nomadic Existence

Posted on March 27, 2011 by how_sven / 1 Comment

I am in my mid twenties, and go in and out of being comfortable that I’m nowhere near being a proper adult, and that I don’t see myself arriving at ...

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Bagrati Cathedral and Palace-Citadel

Posted on March 17, 2011 by how_sven / 1 Comment

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Sad Kutaisi “Host Family”

Posted on March 17, 2011 by how_sven / 1 Comment

Dormitory director, his assistant, Pakistani host brother and myself all make up our own little “host family,” not too unlike the host families the other volunt...

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First Day

Posted on March 14, 2011 by how_sven / 1 Comment

The vocational school turns out to be quite a bit different than what I had expected it to be. It isn’t really part of the public school system; it’...

Georgia/teaching

School Introductions

Posted on March 12, 2011 by how_sven / 1 Comment

Around 11:15, my Georgian co-teacher showed up to the dormitory to take me and Pakistani host brother to the school to show us around and introduce us to the di...

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Breakfast

Posted on March 12, 2011 by how_sven / 0 Comment

8:10am, the phone rings. Hello Steven, this is the director. (I won’t name names or institutions I’m working with) I will be there in fifteen minute...

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The Uncertainty Principle

Posted on March 10, 2011 by how_sven / 1 Comment

The Coen brothers really like using the Uncertainty Principle in their films. I completely lack the kind of mind to grasp the actual physics of it, but the way ...

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