A few weeks into my first teaching job in Latvia I realised that most of my students had never met an American in person. It seems so simple, but in reality, why would they have met an American before?
My goal as a teacher, with two days of formal training at orientation, was two-fold.
First, I was going to be the fun teacher. I wanted to show/remind students that learning can be fun. Second, I was going to be as open as possible. I wanted the students to feel comfortable asking me anything about America or myself. After all, how else am I supposed to cultivate cross-cultu...
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