In“In the Small Places”byTeachers Without Borders·Jun 10Chapter 21 : Quick Quiz: What Is Suriname?(a) a native language in northern Alaska (b) a Monsanto-owned grain from Canberra (c) an island off the east coast of Africa (d) a…
In“In the Small Places”byTeachers Without Borders·Jun 1Chapter 12: Time is Not on our SideBy the time one particularly Shyamalanesque day had ended, I had gained firsthand knowledge of the ten plagues, in no particular order, and…
In“In the Small Places”byTeachers Without Borders·May 28Chapter 11: A Country Under WaterSix months after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, July monsoon rains pounded Pakistan with no sign of letting up. In 24 hours, Peshawar…
In“In the Small Places”byTeachers Without Borders·May 28Chapter 10: Bulls & MosquitoesOn 12 May 2008, at 2:28 pm, schoolchildren were about to pack up their satchels when a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Sichuan Province in…
In“In the Small Places”byTeachers Without Borders·May 24Chapter 8: No FearAnne Sexton describes the battle between her public and personal personas: “Quite collected at cocktail parties, meanwhile in my head, I’m…
In“In the Small Places”byTeachers Without Borders·May 24Chapter 7: My Favorite DictatorIn September 2006, President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan made his first of two appearances on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show, bouncing out…
In“In the Small Places”byTeachers Without Borders·May 23Chapter 6: In the Small PlacesIn 1948, just three years after the establishment of the United Nations, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal…
In“In the Small Places”byTeachers Without Borders·May 23Chapter 5: Shall We Stay the Same?I could see Teachers Without Borders because I believed it. I knew that most people would believe it only once they had seen it.
In“In the Small Places”byTeachers Without Borders·May 22Chapter 4: My Brother, JihadTeachers Without Borders began as a concept looking for a project. Soon enough, that project found TWB. The first partner would be a man…
In“In the Small Places”byTeachers Without Borders·May 21Chapter 2: What Do You See Outside Your Window?Most high-school principals spend their days navigating a blur of real crises or tempests in teapots. They show up early and leave late…
