When people ask me that super-tricky question about the best place I've visited, I can't really give a good answer, but my two weeks in Tunisia always rate extremely highly. Tunisia wasn't exactly a destination I'd always dreamed of - in fact, I wasn't even sure where it was on a map. I had two …
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Life as an ESL teacher: When Pedro tried to cheat at his English test …
Some of my very favourite multicultural experiences have come from my years spent working as an ESL teacher, both abroad and here in Australia. Teaching English to students from every continent not only got me wondering just how many continents there are, it also had me regularly wondering if my …
Do young children remember trips – is it worth travelling with your kids?
It's quite a common search term for visitors ending up on my site: "do young children remember trips"? and I really fervently hope that when parents land here while thinking this question that they realise YES, children can remember enough of a trip, and more importantly learn enough from a trip, to …