3 Papers & 3 Weeks

Back to school! (for me at least)

I've got 3 papers due in about three weeks and about 8 books to read or skim! I just got done with finals and papers a month ago; no rest for a teacher. One paper is a historical timeline (drawn by hand not computer) of the country of Laos for the past 2000 years - minimum 50 major events with pictures (any artists want to help?). The other two are response papers to the assigned reading. Total of 3 classes on cross-cultural teaching and TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language).

Here's my schedule for the next couple weeks:

July 5 - July 20 = PACK! (and read books and write papers)
July 20 - July 27 = fly to Denver and get oriented in orientation.
July 27 - August 21st = class!
end of August = fly to Laos and begin Lao language training.

Skype (which I - and no one else - pronounce Sky-pee)

I should have internet in Vietnam for correspondence in email and Skype. If anyone doesn't know what Skype is... it is an amazing phone program for your computer. It allows for free international calls between Skype users (you need high-speed internet to use the phone function) along with video conferencing or typing chat. To use the phone function, you will need a microphone and speakers hooked up to your computer (and a video camera if you want video conferencing). But, typing chat is the simplest and requires just a keyboard (mice are handy too). Trust me, this is great stuff. Email me if you want more info or help with it. It can also call landline phones anywhere in the world for mere pennies a minute. Internationals love this.

Support your internationls... get Skype!