Cairo, Egypt #7

Today was a day that almost anyone would have loved.  Four of us (Misa, Susie, Hanaa, and me) drove to the Red Sea where Misa has a small villa there on the water.  The area is named Ain Sukhna, Arabic for "hot springs" named after the nearby sulphur springs.  We did not go to the springs; instead, we spent [...]

Cairo, Egypt #6

It was almost 10 years ago that I fell inlove with Egypt.  October 1999 was my first visit to this country.  The primary purpose was to serve on a quality assurance review team for a local private school as they sought accreditation for their American Diploma Program.  The school we visited was Dal El Tarbiah.  [...]

Classroom Leadership

Leadership: This term can connote positive or negative images in our brains, depending on which leader we are thinking about, including ourselves.  Accountability: On the other hand, accountability almost always connotes negative images.  In our youth, it may have been what time we had to be home from a date, or places we were told [...]