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i'm teaching in saipan for the next 2 years!!!
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By sallyrose
February 14th 2008

bali pics

 Asia » Indonesia » Bali
here are the photos i put up on facebook of my trip to bali this christmas/new years: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2432677&l=df4b7&id=13910347 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2432679&l=1e1df&id=13910347 i had a lot of photos, so they wouldn't all fit into one album... [View Full Entry]

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By sallyrose
February 13th 2008

ugh...

 Oceania » Northern Mariana Islands » Saipan
THE COMMISSIONER IS ADVISING ALL PRINCIPALS TO KEEP ALL STUDENTS INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE VOLCANIC HAZE MOVING TOWARDS THE ISLANDS OF SAIPAN, TINIAN, AND ROTA. WE WILL KEEP YOU ALL POSTED AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THE NEXT BULLETIN FROM THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE. THANK YOU this is a memo i got today after everyone stepped outside for break and couldn't even breathe it was so sulfury. yuck. sorry i haven't updated in forever. 3 day weekend coming up...i will write soon :) [View Full Entry]

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i woke up this morning to the roar of a big storm. the sky is dark and clouded over, and the wind is howling. as angry as it seems outside, it is so peaceful in my house. i have some candles lit for if the power goes out (which i assure you, it will), and a big cup of coffee sitting next to me. now it's time for an update: i have joined a gym! it's called the mandi asian spa and it's at a resort at the north end of the island. since it is a full spa facility and [View Full Entry]

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By sallyrose
October 27th 2007

long time gone

 Oceania
as i was talking to my mom this morning, i realized that i hadn't updated this thing in a real long time, so here are some snippets: a week and a half ago one of my students punched through one of the windows of the classroom next door to mine (long story) and ended up losing over 2 pints of blood. that's a lot of blood. it was super scary and he has missed 6 days of school because of it. on monday, there was an island-wide blackout for an hour and a half. we were doing the baking soda and [View Full Entry]

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today we had our first pep rally. it was a half day because of parent report card pickup in the afternoon, so the students who were not misbehaving or failing any of their classes were allowed to attend the event. it was held outside because there is no place large enough to hold all our students. there were performances from different students including raps, break dancing, poetry readings, and other forms of dance. at first it was pretty cool because we got to see just how talented the kids are here, but after the first 45 minutes, everyone started getting a [View Full Entry]

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here are some more photos i have taken lately: these are from a disgusting sushi experience my friend caitlin and i had: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2365243&l=d864d&id=13910347 and these are some touristy photos taken around the island: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2365249&l=daaef&id=13910347 AND, you should check out the other picture i added to the creatures one, because i found a super cool spider web. [View Full Entry]

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today is the first day of a 3 day weekend and boy do i need it. we haven't had a day off for over a month and i'm starting to feel a bit burnt out. the vice principal always teases me because i get to school early and leave late everyday. it's time for some relax time. i was going to go with some friends to forbidden island and go cliff jumping this morning, but it has been raining like crazy for the past couple days and the trail is really bad right now. also, it makes the water really choppy, [View Full Entry]

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here are some strange things that i now encounter everyday: *because of the crazy high humidity (about 92% everyday), my clothes and shoes have started to grow mold. the pictures on my fridge have begun to mold also. *when i do dishes at night and set them in the drying rack, they are still wet in the morning because the air is so moist. all our silverware and knives have already rusted out. *my towels never dry *there are geckos constantly climbing all over the walls and windows in my house, and i have come to love them because they are [View Full Entry]

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tomorrow, it will be two months since i left for my big adventure to saipan. i can't believe it. the time has gone so fast, although i feel like i have lived here and known my new friends my whole life. things have been going really well at school. my fourth period is the only one i have problems with, and i am constantly trying to figure out what i can do to keep these kids on track. i am amazed at how much i am loving teaching middle school. i never saw myself teaching any grade higher than 4th, so [View Full Entry]

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not much has been too exciting lately. school is going really well. we finished up our health unit and have officially moved on to physical science. we had our first big exam on tuesday and about half my class failed it. it's quite discouraging, but these kids have never learned any study skills. i did everything possible for them to succeed, and have run out of ideas. we covered all the material super thoroughly, they had a complete study guide covering everything the test touched on, open notes and composition notebooks for the test, and two full days of review before. [View Full Entry]

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