by Sean | May 2, 2013 | Education, Fulbright, Sri Lanka, Teaching English, Trinco Jesuit Academy
Learning Colours by Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe I hear the maid tell my daughter, three years old and just able to make out red from pink and even blue from purple, as they sit on the verandah avoiding the glare of our tropical sun, that she is fair. If it had been...
by Sean | Apr 30, 2013 | Culinary, Diet, Fulbright, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka was referred to by the ancient Arab traders as Serendip, it is the root word for serendipity. Part of the reasoning was that a man could cross the island with nothing but the clothes on his back, and emerge well fed. As one of the most bio diverse islands in...
by Sean | Apr 2, 2013 | Education, Fulbright, Politics, Sri Lanka
I’m continually surprised by the challenges of working in a post conflict area. Trinco, the town where I live and teach, was relatively unaffected by the war. By this I mean there were a few bombings in town, but they did not suffer from heavy fighting. Just a...
by Sean | Mar 20, 2013 | Fulbright, Sarvodaya, Sri Lanka, Teaching English, Travel
On Friday, March 15th the Fulbright Commission held a mid-phase review. All of the English Teaching Assistants, Student Researchers, and Senior Scholars gathered together at the Fulbright Commission’s villa offices in Colombo for a day of presentations. This...
by Sean | Mar 12, 2013 | Fulbright, Sri Lanka, Travel
He intensely gazes at the sea, looking for signs of fish. Something catches his eye, and he points it out to his son. The young boy is learning his father’s trade. Slowly he wades into the water, stalking his prey. He readies his net and casts it onto the sea....