Eric and Jamie's International Teaching Blog: Only 2 days left in US

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Only 2 days left in US

Jamie and I have had a rather busy 2 weeks. We have been in Cartersville the last week with her parents and attending to some appointments, shopping for clothes and other items we can't readily find and get in China, and catching up on seeing some friends with lunches or, like above, the Braves game in Atlanta. We also squeezed in a Rome Braves game, meals at our favorite restaurants, and suffered through a loss of passport scare. Don't worry, we found it.

Other than packing, we are ready to go back to China. We really do wish we had another couple of weeks here in the US, but we have an amazing trip planned around China and then in the Philippines. Starting today, we won't stay in one place longer than 4 days.

Here is a quick run down of where we will be in the next few weeks starting on Monday, July 20:

Leave Atlanta
Arrive in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong/Macau
Macau - ferry to Shekou
Shekou
Shekou
Leave Shekou for Beijing
Beijing
Beijing
Leave Beijing for Xi'an
Xi'an
Leave Xi'an for Guilin
Guilin
Guilin/Yangshuo
Yangshuo
Yangshuo/Guilin/Shekou (late flight)
Shekou
Take ferry to Hong Kong airport/Manila Philippines
Manila
Manila/Batangas
Manila/Busuanga/Coron Island
Coron Island
Coron Island
Coron Island
Coron Island/Busuanga/Manila/Caticlan
Boracay
Boracay
Caticlan/Cebu
Cebu/Tagbiliran/Panglao Island
Panglao Island
Panglao Island/Bohol
Panglao Island/Tagbiliran/Manila/Hong Kong

As always, I'll be blogging about our trips and doing so pretty much every day starting on July 21. Be sure to check back and also check out the photos and videos I post. Hope everyone is having as good of a summer as we are.

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About Eric and Jamie

Eric

I am now teaching 7th grade Math/Science at ISG in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. For the last two years, I have been teaching middle school at Quality Schools International in Shekou, China for 2 years. Prior to these international school placements, I taught middle and high school social studies in the state of Georgia for 7 years. I'm originally from the small town of Calhoun, Tennessee (Go Vols!) and went to high school at McMinn County High School. After high school, I completed my Bachelor of Arts Degree in history at Middle Tennessee State University minoring in Geography and Secondary Education. I was a brother of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity all four years. Upon completion of student teaching, I took a job in Cartersville, Georgia teaching Georgia history to 8th graders. In 2004, I completed my Master of Science degree in Educational Administration from Jacksonville State University in Alabama. I coached baseball and basketball in Cartersville for 5 years before moving to a high school in Adairsville, Georgia teaching just about every social studies and coaching the Mock Trial team. My hobbies included traveling, reading (Gresham, Baldacci, North Patterson, Connelly, and Dan Brown), golf, tennis, and politics. Recently, I've been trying to get back in shape by running and have been proud with my progress. I am hoping to finish my dissertation for my PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from Capella University sometime before my hair falls out.

Jamie

My husband and I moved to Saudi Arabia in August of 2010 to take teaching positions at ISG in Dhahran where I am teaching high school social studies. Prior to this, I have been working at QSI in Shekou for 2 years teaching in a middle school. Before this, I worked in Calhoun, Georgia for 4 years teaching every high school social studies subject. After graduating from Rome High School in Georgia, I went to the University of Georgia and earned a Social Science Education degree in 2004. I have since graduated with my master's degree in Teaching and Learning from Nova Southeastern University and working on my PhD dissertation in Curriculum and Instruction from Capella University. I love reading and traveling as well as spending time with the most wonderful husband in the world.

We actually met in 2004 on a blind date set up by one of Eric's former students' mother. We started dating and were engaged on New Year's Eve of 2006 and subsequently were married on June 2, 2007 in Rome, Georgia. We are avid travelers and cultural readers and decided we wanted see the world and began searching for teaching jobs abroad. We figured since we were still young and without any children, now would be the best time. We have had amazing travels through China, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Macau, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, and Bali, Indonesia.

We will be teaching in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia starting in August 2010 to teach middle and high school for International Schools Group for a 2 year contract. We are excited about this new experience and hope that it opens up new travel opportunities for us.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Only 2 days left in US

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