Glynis Perrett
Day 19: The Last Workshop
Saturday was our last official day of our alt prac and we finished with a bang. We returned to the Aga Khan University (AKU) where we...
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Glynis Perrett
- Apr 1, 2019
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Days 17 and 18: Prep and Travel
Thursday was a sleep in day for most with a focus for the day on workshop preparation. On Saturday we are running a workshop at Aga Khan...
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Glynis Perrett
- Mar 30, 2019
- 1 min
Day 16: Females in STEM
Day 16 was a relatively quiet day for the Queen's crew with only one school visit. Some of us went to Camp Kigali bright and early to...
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Glynis Perrett
- Mar 29, 2019
- 2 min
Days 14 and 15: Back to School, Back to School...
For Monday and Tuesday of our Rwandan journey we broke up into smaller groups and spent the majority of the days in the schools we had...
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Glynis Perrett
- Mar 27, 2019
- 2 min
Day 13: Hotel Rwanda and the Genocide
Sunday was our day off this week and we were extremely eager to spend our morning visiting the genocide museum in Kigali. We slowly began...
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Glynis Perrett
- Mar 25, 2019
- 2 min
Day 12: Workshop 1
A couple of days ago a rumour was floating around that we would be putting on a workshop on our second day in Rwanda....and surprise! We...
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Glynis Perrett
- Mar 24, 2019
- 2 min
Day 11: School-a-palooza!
Yowza! We had an early start to the day because, as predicted, day 11 was a school-a-palooza (term coined by fellow Queen's teacher...
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Glynis Perrett
- Mar 23, 2019
- 1 min
Day 10: Here we go again!
Today was a dedicated travel day to fly to Rwanda. Because we are such a large group (16 in total!) we flew in 2 shifts. The "am crew"...
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Glynis Perrett
- Mar 22, 2019
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Day 9: And Then we Rest
Over the last few days most of us have struggled through some sort of illness (nothing serious but intensely unpleasant!) So we were all...
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Glynis Perrett
- Mar 21, 2019
- 2 min
Day 8: Building PLCs with Aga Khan University
I feel like I'm still processing our visit with the masters students in education at Aga Khan University. The day was filled with...
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Glynis Perrett
- Mar 19, 2019
- 2 min
Day 7: Strive for Academic Excellence
As we pulled up to Oysterbay Secondary School the first thing we saw was their motto painted on the school fence: "Strive for Academic...
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Glynis Perrett
- Mar 18, 2019
- 1 min
Days 4, 5, 6: Zanzibar!
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of this past week our group enjoyed some much needed R&R at New Teddys on the Beach in Jambiani, Zanzibar...
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Glynis Perrett
- Mar 16, 2019
- 2 min
Day 3: Out to the Country
On day 3 we woke up before the crack of dawn, scarfed down our hotel breakfast, and boarded a hired bus to take us out to the Mkuranga...
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Glynis Perrett
- Mar 15, 2019
- 1 min
Day 2: off to the Embassy
Today started with a visit to the Canadian embassy in Dar es Salaam. This certainly was a first for most of us! We dressed up in our...
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Glynis Perrett
- Mar 13, 2019
- 1 min
Teacher Feature #1: Dr. Carolyn Creighton
Over this African adventure I'd like to introduce you to the 12 other Queen's University teacher candidates. My first friend I'd like to...
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Glynis Perrett
- Mar 13, 2019
- 1 min
Day 1: Hit the ground running...
We woke up this morning with plans to visit a school or two and meet the former minister of education in Tanzania before taking the...
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Glynis Perrett
- Mar 10, 2019
- 1 min
And we're off!
Winter was sad to see us go and decided to put on a good show of rain freezing rain and snow to send us off. But we all made it to...
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Glynis Perrett
- Mar 9, 2019
- 3 min
Welcome!
Why hello there! Welcome to my blog where I will be chronicling my alternate practicum journey to Africa (Tanzania and Rwanda...
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