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Welcome! I am a British Freelance Writer and Educational consultant who worked in Bangladesh until December 2013. I also have ADHD.In these pages I discuss all of these things and I try to give you a picture of life in Indian subcontinent Asia too.
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Confession: I am a man-whore
The title says it all: I am a man-whore. Should I be ashamed of this? It is, I confess, a dirty secret. I can’t help myself. It’s like a fixation in me. And I’m getting ever more desperate because I’m … Continue reading
Posted in community, Culture, Life
Tagged conversation, facebook, Friendship, relationships
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Growing Friends
As I taught…one worry niggled me throughout: would I have the same kind of relationship with my own two children? I’ve enjoyed a teaching career which spanned more than twenty years and, for most of that time, I’ve taught older … Continue reading
Posted in children, Education, Life, Philosophy
Tagged ADHD, children, facebook, life trials, raising friends, raising kids, teaching ethos, teacing
13 Comments
40 Days of Internet Fasting: Day 2 « justathirdculturekid
“I didn’t almost get caught in school because of a buzzing pocket or glancing at my phone. I didn’t stand in a corner with my phone in my youth group. I didn’t hole myself up in the girls toilets at … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, children, community, Life
Tagged Bangladesh, facebook, Friendship, Intercultural relations, internet, school, social media, TCK, teenager, Twitter
9 Comments
When the Swedish Blonde walked into my life
Men in their 40s traditionally are known for their ‘midlife crisis’ and start doing strange things. When I grew up it was the ‘Benny Hill’ mentality that they became ‘dirty old men’ who would lust after barely legal blonde and … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Culture, LAMB
Tagged beauty, community, culture, facebook, jamaat e Islami, Santal, Santals, Shahbhag, Sweden, Swedish au-pair, Swedish girl
21 Comments
Minipost 10 – Facebook and our Pre-teenage children
Facebook has been, without a doubt, the single most important website in my family’s life. When we arrived at Bangladesh in 2008 Facebook kept us in touch with all our friends. In fact, I’ve got in touch with old school … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, British, children, Life
Tagged age, Bangladesh, Britain, children, Differences, education, facebook, friends, LAMB, life, pre-teenagers, relationships, teenagers
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