by Sean | Jan 15, 2013 | Fordham, Fulbright, Sri Lanka, Teaching English, Travel
I studied finance at Fordham. When I started University I was in the College of Business Administration; during my senior year we became the Gabelli School of Business, thanks to a major contribution by Mario Gabelli. During my four years there I had a lot of...
by Sean | Jan 3, 2013 | Fulbright, Sarvodaya, Sri Lanka, Teaching English
There have been several times during the past few weeks when I wonder why I should care about teaching. When I walk into class and a student yelled, “No Sir, please no lesson.” When my class lied for fifteen minutes about not having notebooks that day When...
by Sean | Nov 22, 2012 | Education, Fulbright, Sri Lanka, Teaching English, Travel
Thanksgiving has come and gone in Sri Lanka, largely it was unnoticed. In an attempt to share some American culture with my students, I decided that the entirety of my classes today would be based on the American festival of Thanksgiving. I began class by writing the...
by Sean | Nov 19, 2012 | Education, Emerging Markets, Fulbright, Sarvodaya, Sri Lanka, Travel
Last Monday I arrived at Sarvodaya’s headquarters in Moratuwa. I had been staying with a few other Fulbrighters who rented a house in Colombo, and I had enjoyed a great weekend strolling about town. I was all packed, and my car arrived at eight in the morning. When I...