Here are my thoughts on the TLG flight situation. These thoughts are my own and are not some sort of official position. First of all, I do acknowledge that it is very unfortunate that this whole situation happened. As many of us now know, this round of flights has been messed up in several ways. […]
June 20, 2011 by panoptical
On Tuesday we met at Republic Square – the area right in front of the Radisson Blu Iveria – at 13:00. With fourteen of us and all of our luggage, the minibus that came to take us to Tskneti was crowded. The driver took backstreets through Vake – past the school where President Saakashvili sends […]
June 18, 2011 by panoptical
This summer, I’ll be working at the Buckswood School as an Activity Leader for Georgian students. Buckswood will have about 600 students this summer coming in four waves – each wave lasting three weeks and consisting of about 150 students. Each student at Buckswood won their spot through participating in Georgia’s academic Olympiad program. We […]
June 13, 2011 by panoptical
First of all, let’s just be clear: Limonati is not lemonade. On my third day in Georgia, I wandered around Tbilisi in the 100 degree heat with a group of four friends. We walked from Metekhti Church up to the Presidential Palace, then to Sameba and then back down the hill to a garden restaurant […]
June 7, 2011 by panoptical
Wow – I thought my school was good, but apparently Public School #1 in Tbilisi has invisible floating touch-screens lining the halls. I would love to learn chemistry in a holodeck. In all seriousness, though, this commercial ended up coming out really well. I think it’s cool and the CGI sequences are pretty sweet – […]
June 26, 2011 by panoptical
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