Posts Tagged with "Education"

Interviewed by Expat Alley

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

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Interviewed by Expat Alley

This must be the month for interviews, because I was recently asked some questions by another expat web site about my lifestyle and habits. This interview goes a little more in depth about my day to day life and skills I’ve learned living abroad. If you haven’t heard of Expat Alley, it’s a great resource [...]

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Interviewed by JetSetCitizen

Monday, May 17, 2010

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Interviewed by JetSetCitizen

Last week, I was contacted by John Bardos from JetSetCitizen.com, the popular blog showcasing those trying to live their lives to the fullest. I’ve been a fan of John’s blog for a long time, and especially enjoy his interviews with perpetual travelers, international volunteers, entrepreneurs, and others. I was honored when he asked me for [...]

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Life Lessons I’ve Learned in 30 Years of Living

Thursday, May 6, 2010

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Life Lessons I’ve Learned in 30 Years of Living

This month marks my 30th birthday! Being a milestone (decade) year, I thought I would take the chance to reflect a bit on what I’ve learned so far in my life. In many ways, I still feel like a baby when I compare my current wisdom and knowledge to the seemingly infinite amount that is [...]

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We’re Moving to Costa Rica

Thursday, August 20, 2009

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We’re Moving to Costa Rica

Wait! Moving?! As in “one-way ticket”? As in, “you’re not coming back?” Yep. That’s right. Are we crazy? Probably. You’re kidding, right? But… WHY?!! Well, you already know how much we enjoyed our trip to Panama. True, that was more of a vacation-mindset trip than it was a “living in another country” trip, but we [...]

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Problems with school and education

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

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I want to thank everyone for their comments on my post about homeschool. After reading them, I wanted to elaborate a little bit more on the subject. Well, not so much on why we’re leaning toward homeschool, but rather why we’re leaning away from public and private schools. In my last post, I listed several [...]

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Home School

Saturday, February 28, 2009

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As I mentioned in a previous post, we are very heavily leaning toward home schooling our kids. We’ve grown increasingly discontented with both public and private school systems in the United States, and think that it would be better for our kids and for our family to take their education into our own hands. We’d [...]

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