I'm headed today to Washington DC to participate in the TGC Global Learning Symposium. Since I got a great deal of resources out of last year's symposium, I am hoping to do the same, especially in education for sustainable development.
I am also really looking forward to hearing more about Senegal, where I'm headed in April, particularly their educational system, the basic structure of which is similar to Togo's. This is also a great opportunity to brush up my French, and establish some more contacts for student collaboration. I am trying to keep an open mind, for my experiences in Togo were fifteen years ago, and I cannot expect a completely different country to be the same. However, I am optimistic from what I have read that I will once again need to learn extended greetings, and look forward to an intense few weeks of cultural exchanges. I have to confess to being somewhat wary of getting too excited, until I am actually on the plane to Dakar- last year's understandable but incredibly disheartening cancellation just has me feeling a little cautious. But even that disappointment was valuable in bringing a greater understanding of the reality of threats to global collaboration, and lead to some good discussions in class.
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Kirstin Bullington
I teach science, engineering, and computer science at W.J. Keenan High School in Columbia, SC Archives
March 2016
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