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• Some Things to Look Forward to

  

  There are a few documentaries coming out that I’m really looking forward to seeing. First of all, there’s Project Nim. It is a documentary from the team behind... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Sad Tale of a Wagging Tail

  

  WARNING!!! This post contains (potentially) disturbing imagery. If you’re under 16, don’t read on. If you’re easily affected, don’t read on. Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Bad Day

  

  Today was not such a good day. It started out with me behind the computer this morning, frantically devising a lesson for some primary school kids who’ll visit... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Selfish by Nature

  

  What I do ain`t make-believe People say I sit and try But when it comes to being De La It`s just me myself and I~ De La SoulApparently De La Soul followed in th... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• “Leave Your Sleep” by Natalie Merchant

  Forty-eight year old American singer-song writer Natalie Merchant brought out her fifth solo album in 2010, titled “Leave Your Sleep”. Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Stages of Knowing: “So, What Should the Answer Be?!”

  

  Baxter Magolda (1992) describes four stages of knowing. The first one is the stage of Absolute Knowing. When students are in this stage, they think that there i... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2011 SCHOOLING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Writing with Feeling? Think, Then Write

  I discovered that whenever I’m passionate about something, I want to write about it. This means that I want to write when I’m happy or excited. Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• To Be Content Not Knowing

  

  When I was working in one of the offices at school yesterday, my team manager joined me behind the other computer in the office. However, when he switched on th... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• What the Frack?!? Shale Gas Mining in the Netherlands

  

  This morning I woke up to some – to put it mildly – disturbing news. In the south of the Netherlands, there’s a place called Boxtel. Apparently there is shale... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2011 CURRENT, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• Caught up in Their Wishing Well: Student’s Wishes for the School Year

  

  The first days with my group are behind me. I think it’s going to be a great group, despite its relatively large size (22 students). They’re all adolescents in... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• My Student Life

  

  My first class today was Academic Writing and it was all about summaries. I now know that a summary should be a shortened version of the original text (about... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Back2School: Just Another Kind of New Year’s Resolutions

  

  Tomorrow at 9.30 a.m. I will be standing by the door outside my classroom, waiting impatiently and anxiously for my pupils to arrive. I’ve got my money on two... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2011 SCHOOLING, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Bush’s-Eye View on 9/11

  

  A Bush's-Eye ViewIt’s 9/11 Week on the National Geographic Channel here in the Netherlands. None other than former president George W. Bush himself had the... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• First Day of School

  

  I decided to go into work today to set up my classroom. The floors had been waxed so the tables and chairs were all over the place. The past two years I’ve... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Tuesday Tune: Lykke Li

  Lykke Li was born in 1986 in Sweden. Her first album is called Youth Novels and was released in 2008. Her second, and latest, album is called Wounded Rhymes.... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Corporate Criminals and Catfish

  

  I watched some documentaries this weekend, and thought I’d share two of them.The first one I watched was Inside Job (2010). This is a documentary about how a bi... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Experience Earth Shattering Silence in Talampaya National Park

  

  Recently a blog post about a visit to Machu Picchu was Freshly Pressed and it reminded me of the trip my husband (then boyfriend) and I took through South... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• This is Crossing the Line: a Dutch TV Show Based on an American Concept

  

  She is crossing the line.This is not the first time I am writing something about a Dutch TV documentary called “Over de Streep” (English translation: “Crossing... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Brain Gain in the Netherlands: Thoughtful Or Mindless?

  

  Brain drain or brain gain?On August 15 I was watching an item on the news about British students who come to study in the Netherlands. As far as I know,... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Virtual Viciousness

  

  “Futures made of virtual insanity now always seem, to be governed by this love we have For useless, twisting, our new technology Oh now there is no sound for... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2011 SELF EXPRESSION