so what happens when your destination has not one book on the travel shelf? The Milwaukee airport has one of the best used bookstores anywhere--Renaissance books. And in their travel section they have everything! Europe, Asia, South America. Books that go back to the 60's. But nothing on Nigeria. Closest they have is Morocco. I guess that means once again I am off the tourist track. The GYLI adventure continues as I head to Nigeria for the first time. I will be doing a series of workshops for schools with APEN (Association of Private Educators Nigeria) as well as for the State Government of Lagos and their government-run schools. I am excited to learn more about the education system in Nigeria and to help them develop more global awareness and perspective. I will be packing light ... read more

Pune is a city of 3 million in the state of Maharashtra, and also where my friend Vishwas lives. After we had a brief intro to the UWC campus and lunch, we returned to Pune to explore the city, and because Cecilia wanted to shop. This is one of the key lessons of GYLI--that in a group setting sometimes your own needs are put aside for the group. The group was Cecilia, Vishwas, his wife Jotti, and I. Half of the group needed to shop, and half did not, so we proceeded to Tulsi Baug, the local shopping area (not the Western Style Mall). On the way I was struck by the number of motor bikes and scooters, they were everywhere and coming at us from all directions. They were just cleaning up and de-constructing from ... read more

Impressions of the first day. We had a great day learning much about India from just one school: American School of Bombay(ASB). We never learned why the school kept the same name after the city changed to Mumbai in 1996. For those of you that are not familiar with international schools—they exist in every major city to serve diplomats and foreign nationals. In this case it is about 50% kids of Americans living abroad, and the other 50% are those with American citizen ship, or other foreign nationals who want an American style school. We met with a couple of the administrators and many of the teachers to discuss all the current initiatives. There were many American teachers at ASB, from Illinois, Boston, California. Most had been living overseas for a long time, at various schools. ... read more