Josiah

  • The biggest contributing factor to refugee education fracturing in Bangkok is the fear of detention in the Immigration Detention Center (IDC). The IDC is a prison for illegal immigrants who are arrested with expired visas in Thailand. The IDC was designed to hold prisoners for 15 days, but it has held some prisoners for as…

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  • This city has contributed to something I call “refugee education fracturing”. Just like a bone fracture, education fracturing is painful. It is the breaking of the educational progress of refugees.

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  • A New Style of Writing

    I would like to highlight some of the research projects & papers that I wrote in pursuit of my Master’s.

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  • In July of 2016, when my wife and I were about to leave everything that we knew behind and move to Thailand, we were not ready. But we were about to Merge into an awesome adventure. And writing this five years later, I am so glad that we did! 

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  • Both of the interviews were equal parts nerve-racking and exciting since they were the first that I had experienced with the potential of becoming a “real” teacher attached. Incredibly, a few days later, I received the call and was offered the position of ESL teacher, program coordinator, and after school program coordinator. I was ecstatic.…

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  • The Greatest Educator

    In two recent posts, I highlighted a few educators who have made lasting impacts on my physical education journey. However, these are not the only educators who have impacted my journey as an educator on a macro level. There is one educator who has taught me more than any other. She is a master of…

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  • Picking up where I left off in my previous post, “An Education in Physical Education, Part 1”. Here are more educators who inspired me along my journey and provided me with key components of my education in physical education.

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  • I am exceedingly thankful for the men and women who have invested in me in order to bring me to where I am today. In this post I am excited to highlight some of the people who inspired me along my journey to becoming a PE teacher.

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