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Hi all!
I am going - and for a full year!! I will be a Fulbright Exchange Teacher in
the UK. A complete switch with my English partner, Judith Rowland + teaching
positions and homes!! What fun -- and she and I will team teach a
comparative politics USA/UK course using daily e-mail and some video
conferencing.
I'll keep you all posted with links and lessons we used. Ta!
Ann Cohen
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> I went in October two years ago. It was simply a fabulous time. The
> requirements are minimal in the sense you make a plan on how you will
share
> what you've learned when you return. I emailed back to my class and school
> everyday and the material was passed on to a lot of friends, parents and
> community. I then devised some lesson plans, one involving women's history
in
> comparison with our LOC lesson on Women and the vote.
> I flew to S.F. and had an orientation and then flew out to Tokyo the next
> day....two planes, 100 educators each. A long flight and you arrive the
next
> day so you are wiped. Went to dinner with a Japanese Fulbright scholar
and
> then to bed. Two days of orientation, lectures, meeting the small group
you
> will be with. Then two free days to explore on your own. Then my group
flew
> to the northern island of Hokkaido, the most rural area of Japan. Stayed
in
> Kushiro a seaport actually not too far from USSR. Toured schools, had
> fabulous food, stayed at an Inn and a three day stay with a family. Tours
of
> government facilities, museums and free time just to explore. Went to the
> mountains with my family, saw the Ainu the indigenous people of Japan. A
> wonderful farewell dinner there and then back to Tokyo for two days of
> debriefing, sharing and being wined and dined again. A really hard
> assignment. Spent the final Saturday in Tokyo and then flew back and
spent
> Saturday again in L.A.
> I don't know how you feel about Japanese cuisine. I was antsy about raw
this
> and that and I ate the most wonderful stuff, although I learned to ask
AFTER
> I ate it. Whale, jelly fish, all kinds of raw sea food, eel. I am not a
big
> fish person but was converted to sushi et. al.
> I don't know if this answers your questions but feel free to write
specifics.
> I might still have the emails somewhere if you are interested.
> Japanese cinema and literature really helped me enter into the experience.
> Read quite a bit about the culture to avoid real culture shock. Seemed
> people from east and south struggled more than those of us on west coast,
> since i guess we contact Japanese culture more.
> As with American Memory, the teachers I met were top notch, inspiring and
> mostly just great fun loving and interesting people.
> To close: go go go Knowing you, I think you are exactly what they are
looking
> for and you'll have a ball.
> Chris Langley
>
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