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Global Castaways


A podcast by international educators musing on life abroad, teaching and always looking on the bright side of things.

Your hosts: Courtney, Brittany, Gabrielle and Tara.

Aug 5, 2020

Let's welcome KB, friend of the show, the last true romantic, and technically an adult.

  • 00:50 "I'm gonna hug so many people!"
  • 06:50 KB learning how to have a work-life balance as a teacher. "No matter how weird something is it can become normal very quickly."
  • 13:45 "Middle year students, particularly in year seven and eight, have so many questions about themselves. They have multiple truths they are grappling with as well."
  • 17:30 The unexpected racist undertones of Where the Wild Things Are??!
  • 22:49 Why virtual learning is so difficult for middle school learners. "You can't really do fuzzy goals online in the same way."
  • 26:53 KB turns the tables on Gabrielle and grills her on her time in Australia.
  • 33:03 Figuring out what becoming an international teacher will means. Spoiler alert: Balance, people, balance.
  • 40:00 The juicy, juicy process and the failure along the way. #lovethemess