I have been wanting to post an update on teaching and tonight feels like the right time: it was parent-teacher conference time on Google Meet, and today is my two-month anniversary in Turkey. I landed in Izmir two months ago this afternoon, and I was immediately whisked away by my principal and the school driver to his home and a warm Izmiri welcome. I remember the details so well. We had chicken dürüm for supper, and I went for a walk along the harbor and witnessed my first Aegean sunset . I'll never forget it. It's filed away with my first Arizona sunset (1994) among my most cherished memories. But this is a blog about my new school, so enough flashbacks. Happy anniversary to me! Describing MEF MEF Izmir (the acronym is words in Turkish) is a school that I was prepared for, but it still yielded a lot of surprises. The student count is 152, and that's across preschool through Grade 12. I estimate that there are 30-40 kids in the preschool/kindergarten program. The scho...