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Leading Out on May 18th, 2011

The chill is in the air and I bet for many of you Canadian teachers, all you can think about is Term 2 teaching holidays in Melbourne. Wondering where you should go? 1) Uluru – OISE student teachers and other Leading Out teachers just returned from a great 4 day camping trip to the Outback [...]

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Leading Out on February 22nd, 2011

DAY 1-in the morning: At Tiananmen Square you should see 1) the portrait of the “great” leader Mao on the wall of “Tiananmen” (which means Tian(sky) An(peace) Gate, the front gate of the Forbidden City);  2)The monument of people’s heroes in the middle of the square;  3) “The Great Hall of People” (the parliament) on [...]

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Leading Out on April 20th, 2009

I’m not going to lie– I went to Vietnam to shop and enjoy the sun. (I was hating the fashion and was ‘over’ the winter in Melbourne.) On top of that, I’d been working every weekend, teaching all week and most nights. Against my normal routine, I didn’t even do much research for this trip. I [...]

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Leading Out on June 15th, 2008

1. Number One has to includean authentic Melbourne Coffee Experience. There’s no other choice for me: Vittoria coffee. Walking down Desgraves Street towards a class I was taking at the CAE, I ordered a strong latte from the little cafe across the road. (A safe way to tell who serves this grind by the very [...]

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