Wasting Time
I think most English teachers in Georgia on this program are becoming experts in wasting time. I hear that the crew in Tbilisi get together regularly and see ea...
Author: how_sven
Multi-Lingual Dormitory
The dormitory has an interesting dynamic now that it is full of Azerbaijanis, and isn’t just me and my Pakistani host brother. (Who has since moved to Tbi...
Tuesday
It’s turning into a strange week. Woke up Tuesday morning for class. I figured today would be back to normal, I’d teach my lessons with my co-teache...
Monday Morning
Over the weekend, the dormitory has filled up. On Sunday about 100 Azerbaijanis moved in. They are here from villages from all over Georgia, and they are here i...
Ask me your questions, bridgekeeper, I am not afraid!
Answer me these questions three, ‘ere the other side ye see… Upon meeting new people, I’m always asked the same questions. Everyone’s ve...
In the Classroom
I eventually make my way to my classroom where I teach my lessons. In the breaks between classes or before classes, some students I don’t teach like to tr...
Walking to School
Georgians, from what I gather, rarely walk anywhere. Why walk, when for 40 tetris (25 cents), you could just take a marshrutka? When I first arrived in Kutaisi,...
Checklist for the Nomadic Existence
I am in my mid twenties, and go in and out of being comfortable that I’m nowhere near being a proper adult, and that I don’t see myself arriving at ...
Sad Kutaisi “Host Family”
Dormitory director, his assistant, Pakistani host brother and myself all make up our own little “host family,” not too unlike the host families the other volunt...