Archive for August, 2004
Teaching Links
A collection of external sites, submitted by Saga JETs, that deal with teaching English as a second language and ideas on how to do it.
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Getting Your Japanese Driver’s License
Foreign residents in Japan must be in possession of a valid International Driving Permit (IDP) to drive in Japan. Whilst rules vary from country to country, generally speaking, the IDP must be applied for in your home country and will be valid for one year. Some countries allow postal applications with photocopies of the supporting documents.
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Working with Habitat for Humanity
Created in the late 1980s, Global Village has prepared and sent hundreds of teams to almost fifty countries in Africa, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Carribean and North America to help build houses.
Habitat houses are built by people who have donated their money and time to those in need. The new homeowners contribute to more houses and Habitat families through a programme called “sweat equity” and mortgage payments on their no-interest house loans.
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Typical Junior High School Year
I put this together from my junior high school’s schedule for the year distributed in April. Some dates and activities may vary in other schools but the months and main activities will generally correspond.
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Is Canada Failing to be an International Leader?
Bill Graham, Foreign Affairs Minister of Canada, recommends that the UN take immediate action to prevent crimes of humanity and the death of millions of more Sudanese people — or should I say “genocide”? The situation in Sudan is a genocide, but no one, including Canadian leaders, wants to use that word because it would require intervention under international law.
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