Life in Qatar
Summer is Almost Here!
The days are getting longer, and hotter in Qatar. There are only two weeks of teaching left now and both teacher and student alike can sense it. On the one hand, some things are winding down. Courses are starting to make the switch from learning new things to reviewing what has been learned. The exam ...
Winter in Doha!
‘Winter’ has come to Doha! Not the -30 winter of my childhood but in Doha when the temperature dips to the high twenties they call it the start of winter. People are out more enjoying the weather. What passes for the start of winter here is more like late summer to me. For me, this ...
Those Who don’t Know history…
are doomed to repeat it. Those who do know history may repeat it anyway. For all the work I did during this past year to change my habits and lifestyle, October of this year saw me physically almost right back where I was last year, with many of the same bad habits that I ...
Summer School – Finished!
As of yesterday, the summer semester is finished! Whereas most people mark the beginning of each new year on January 1st, for me the end of and beginning of the teaching year marks the boundary between each passing year. This summer was the first time I got to teach a proper university course with GPA ...
Life in May
Life at the University… There are 3 more weeks left to this semester. It’s been an interesting time at the University. Changes to program entrance requirements have seen a flood of students leave the foundation program. My class of 20 is now at 8. Teaching small numbers like this is great because it allows more personalized ...
4 Months Later…
It’s been four months to the day since my last post and plenty has happened. Part of the reason for my absence has been a technical difficulty I had with the blog that kept from logging in for almost 2 months. By the time I got it fixed I was out of the habit of ...