Teach, Tech, Trek

At 1:45 AM my cellphone alarm inconsiderately woke me. It was time to leave Manila and head to Ligao City, where I will teach at Bicol Regional Science High School over the next ten days. We left the hotel at 2:00 AM, battled the ubiquitous Manila traffic to the airpor...

Our fifth day in Manila was our last as a group before we split up to travel to our teaching placements. We began the day with a visit to the Philippine-American Education Foundation, which is the local field office for Fullbright programs. We had a wide-ranging conver...

Our third full day in Manila started with a seminar on the background and structure of the Philippine education system, given by our in-country consultant (and full-time public school principal) Alix. These are interesting times in Philippine education as grades 11 and...

The other Teachers for Global Classrooms fellows and I started our second full day in the Philippines with a trip to the United States Embassy. We arrived with enough time to spare that we were able to quickly visit the nearby Rizal Monument first. The monument commemo...