2023 Was Pretty Great The year 2023 is about to end as I write this blog post from Koh Samet, Thailand. It’s fair to say that it has been a reasonably good one for me. Starting this blog in February (and not giving up yet) has been one of the highlights. A decent amount of […]
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Part 1: The Journey Begins Part 2: Philippines Getting there: Another job search When I first started thinking about working in international schools overseas, I had Singapore pencilled in as an ideal destination. Modern, clean, efficient, diverse and somehow exciting. However, my research told me that for a teacher inexperienced in international schools, getting
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How My Personal Finance Teaching Began A few years ago, I was chatting with three students in my Grade 10 Advisory class about money and the share market. I’ve no idea how the topic came up. As the conversation progressed and the three demonstrated that they knew a little about how the share market worked,
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The following post is a reproduction of an article about me written by fellow blogger Marc Hall from www.lifewentthatway.com He writes much better than me. Thanks Marc for showing interest in my story. Check him out on Twitter as well at @lifewentthatway for great travel insights and especially his New Zealand tips. THE TRAVEL FILES #4
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Part 1: The Journey Begins PART 2: The Philippines (2002-2004) For two years, Baguio City, the Philippines was my home. I lived and worked at an international school in the ‘City of Pines’ in the mountainous Cordillera region of northern Luzon. It was the beginning of my international teaching experience. It also represented an extension
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How It All Begins Part 1: Getting started I began my blog in early 2023. It’s still 2023 when writing this post and I’ve already written around 30 Footloose Teacher blog posts and started a completely new second blog about personal finance. That’s quite a thing for a guy who’s never written anything before. I
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