Muslim Woman in Amman

     School's out for the summer. It has been a great year here at ACS and I am looking forward to many, many more. I want to end my first year on a high note so I thought I would list some of the amazing things that I enjoyed this year. In no particular order here it goes: The people, I am so blessed to be at a school with such friendly people. Everyone greets you with a smile even if you don't know each other's name.  The energy, everyone is filled with so much energy that I feel energized just by walking the halls The Grade 5 team, extra gratitude to the people I worked closely with for the duration of the year. Jami, Ayisha, Miriah, Meredith and most of all Lesley. You guys made my year awesome. The activities, there are so many great after school activities that I can't even begin to list them all.  Mansaf on Thursday, need I say more? The thoughtful little tokens of gratitude from the admin and the PTG. There is a whole lot more, but for now th...

           The year has ended and Ramadan has begun. Thankfully everything ended up okay at the end though I was so stressed out that last week with everything I had to do I could not sleep properly . But it is done and I am now enjoying my summer. I have big plans for next year and hopefully I will fix all my little problems that I had this year. I wish everyone a great Ramadan and a fantastic summer.

          The end of the year is almost upon us, three more weeks then we are done. Unfortunately in those three weeks we have to tidy up our classrooms, take inventory of everything, write down supplies we will need for next year, fill in a form for what we did this year, write tests, fill in report cards, plan an end of year field trip, write end of year certificates, and to top it off we I still have to try to teach 19 kids who all suffer from some kind of end of the year disease that turns them into little monsters. Last week somehow I ended up with tape over my mouth hands and legs taped together and made to sit in my chair as they wheeled me to the principal's office where I was finally saved from the monsters.  The worst thing is I could have broken the tape anytime but I was laughing so hard I could not get up the strength to break my bonds.