Wedding Party Fun
Over the past four months, ETA Arshelle Carter has attended countless wedding parties. On November 17, Arshelle traveled six hours with nine other teachers and the headmaster of SMK Stella Maris Labuan Bajo to attend the wedding party of a fellow teacher in Cibal. Fortunately, Arshelle had the luxury of riding with her headmaster in.. Read More.
The Tale of Two Kingdoms
On Saturday, November 11th, ETA Khalid Osman took part in a field trip to Yogyakarta with the school English Club. The group spent the morning at Merapi Park, which commemorated the 2010 volcano eruption. Following the park visit, they attended a tour at a private museum which documented the history of the Yogyakarta Sultanate. Khalid.. Read More.
Guess the Celebrity
ETA Nabeel Ahmad partook in ETA Ian Morse’s English club in MAN 2 Batuda’a, after Ian invited Nabeel. Ian’s English club had about thirty students, all of whom were eager to see Nabeel from SMAN 1 Limboto. At the start of the meeting, Nabeel introduced himself and we played a game called “Guess the Celebrity”… Read More.
Malcolm X Lesson
An activity that ETA Matt Poissant really loves using in the classroom is called Speed Reading so he was really excited when the topic for this week was recount text. After his co-teacher, Ibu Emma, explained the purpose and structure of recount text, Matt was able to get the activity started. Matt posted 3 copies.. Read More.
Last Class of the Semester!
ETA Katia Oltmann’s monthly highlight of November was finishing up classes for the semester and getting a chance to take a group picture with her students! The last lesson she taught for the year was especially important to her. It was a lesson about reading comprehension that incorporated a lot of concepts that students had.. Read More.
Alexa
In November, for the first time in his life, ETA Alex Bue held a four-day-old baby who had been named after him. Alexa’s mother is Bu Le Ani, who works at SMAN 11 Padang as a maid and in the evening conscripts her three assiduous children to the task of sweeping floors. In the morning,.. Read More.
Deja Vu of the Welcoming Ceremony
This month ETA Kyra Ghosh participated in a traditional welcoming ceremony with her school. Back in August, her school hosted a welcoming ceremony for her within minutes of her arrival to Labuan Bajo. It was her first impression of the school, Flores, and even one of her first impressions of Indonesia in general. The ceremony.. Read More.
Can You Feel the Love?!
This past month ETA Jam Sulahry had the opportunity to get involved with the local community. One of Jam’s teachers called him at 6 am on a Saturday morning telling him to come to the school immediately. Confused, once he arrived at school he was welcomed by tons of friendly faces, delicious food, and stunning.. Read More.
The Birthday Surprise
Way back in September, ETA Ian Morse’s school not only knew his birthday was coming in November but was also clearly planning something. As soon as Ian discovered karawo – the Sulawesi brand of the colorful batik shirts from Java – he asked where to get one. Every teacher wore them at least one day a week,.. Read More.
Giving Thanks and Teacher Interviews
In November, ETA Greg Sutton continued his Teaching Assistantship in full swing, running weekly Teacher’s Class (daily English practice and lessons for non-English teachers), English Club (for students interested in practicing English), and ETA Corner Area (for high English proficiency students), as well as lesson planning on Fridays. For the week of Thanksgiving, Greg incorporated.. Read More.
