Author Archives: sabikc

Monday; so glad to be back to school. It is, after all, the reason we’ve come, and it seems so meet so sporadically. Now all classes are shortened to ½ hour to allow time in the school day to practice … Continue reading →

Halleluiah!!! Glorious day! I slept through the night. Yesterday’s crazy taxi ride and the dinner ensured that I did not take a nap—for the first time since we’ve been here, and Lena gave me two Tylenol P.M. (It seems that … Continue reading →

Professional development. The bane of existence for teachers. It’s Saturday, and the teachers at St. John’s Diocesan are scheduled to be there from 9 until 4, so Ashu and I are going—at least for the first half. We’d like to … Continue reading →

Back to school. I went to bed early yesterday (10-ish, quite early for me) and so woke up at midnight (!). I stayed in bed until 3, then got up and worked. The morning coffee was greatly appreciated. It’s Friday, … Continue reading →

Sadly, no school for Ashu and I. Others have had to make alternative arrangements for transportation, some had their day cut short, but the two of us and Bree were, I believe, the only ones with no school. I blogged … Continue reading →

वापस स्कूल करने के लिए स्वागत करते हैं That is “welcome back to school” in Hindi. (I hope—my source was the Internet!) My first day of school! Here at last. Lateness should not be an issue. My 3:20 rising time … Continue reading →

Yesterday we walked down to the USIEF headquarters. Walking through the streets of Kolkata is an extreme sensory experience. Hawkers everywhere, people everywhere…car horns are the music of the street here. They are not the aggressive message that they are … Continue reading →

Nomoshkar—greetings. (Namaste is Hindi. We are in west Bengal.) Today was rough. The time change is kicking my ***. We had meetings and presentations most of the afternoon—the middle of the night according to my circadian rhythms. I was nearly … Continue reading →

It is Monday morning, my first morning in Kolkata, and I am composing my first blog entry at (of course) 5 a.m., having opened my eyes at 4. That was, as you may know, 6:30 p.m. Sunday evening in Cleveland … Continue reading →

As I prepared to travel to Kolkata for a month in an English classroom here, teaching with Subhalakshmi (Subha), already a warm and welcoming friend by virtue of our e-mail exchanges, I developed a handful of questions, the first of … Continue reading →