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Teaching English Abroad: Are You Interested?

March 8, 2016 By Sandra Bornstein Leave a Comment

On International Women’s Day, I was a panelist at the Teaching English Abroad program at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Career Services sponsored this talk. In honor of International Women’s Day, the two male speakers asked me to go first. My fellow panelists included Dieter … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Expat Living, International Education Tagged With: Adam H. Lisbon, Dieter Bruhn, expat teaching abroad, finding an international teaching job, International Women's Day, One World Training, teaching abroad, teaching English abroad, The Japan Exchange Teaching Program, University of Colorado Career Services

Work in Progress: Perspective

February 18, 2014 By Sandra Bornstein 1 Comment

My perspective is a work in progress. During early childhood, my perspective was mostly influenced, and to a certain extent controlled, by my parents. My childhood and adolescent years were spent in an affluent suburban neighborhood and school system in Highland Park, Illinois. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogging, Writing Tagged With: balancing influences on perspective, changing perspective, comfort zone, empty-nester, expat, HIghland Park Illinois, NaBloPoMo, NaBloPoMo February 2014, NaBloPoMo Perspectives, raising children, Spertus College, teaching abroad, traveling and perspective, University of Colorado-Boulder, upbringing vs. experience

Guest Blogger at A Place for Readers and Writers

February 4, 2014 By Sandra Bornstein 2 Comments

Today, I am a guest blogger at Kirby's Lane: A Place for Readers and Bloggers. I discuss some of my experiences at an international school in Bangalore. Teaching in India made me more aware of what it means to be an effective teacher and why it is important to periodically step … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Expat Living, International Education, Lifestyle Tagged With: A Place for Readers and Writers, comfort zone, international school in Bangalore, international teaching, Kirby Larson, living abroad, stepping outside one's comfort zone, teaching abroad, teaching in Bangalore

10 Responses to My Teaching Abroad

August 14, 2013 By Sandra Bornstein 8 Comments

Three years ago, I started teaching at a well-respected international school in Bangalore, India. As a 50+ American woman, I approached this amazing opportunity with awe and excitement. My emotions took hold as I contemplated various ways that I could make a difference. It was as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asia, Expat Living, International Education, Lifestyle Tagged With: adjusting to expat life, Bangalore India, being an expat teacher, expat, expat experience, expat teacher in India, leaving teaching profession, lessons learned from being an expat, living in India, passion to write, sheltered suburban lifestyle, stepping outside comfort zone, teaching abroad, teaching at an international school, Teaching in India

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