Black Teachers in UAE Archives - (re)Birth of a Teacher

Making room for anger

01/15/2018 by admin 1 Comment

“The turbulence means you’re flying-stay the course.” @joelakaMaG I read that tweet roughly an hour ago. I retweeted it, then read it again as one of my followers ‘Liked’ it. Then, I read it again. I’ve been struggling to write a post…an update on my goal of getting things in order to apply for teaching jobs … [Read more…]

Can this teacher live the ‘American Dream’ abroad?

01/04/2018 by admin Leave a Comment

Nearly 5 years ago, I flirted with the idea of teaching abroad. I reconnected with a college friend via Facebook and her posts from the UAE piqued my curiosity. Both she and her husband are in the Education field and they had recently relocated at that time. The pictures in perpetual sunny weather, frequent excursions … [Read more…]