Global Castaways

Are we creative, adorable and wonderful? Gabrielle and Courtney discuss the feedback and comments the GCP team has received, as well as introduce a new ending segment to celebrate "happy".

• 04:15 Awkward social penguins
• 05:23 "I'm perfect the way I am, darnit!"
• 09:20 Are the things we talk about surprisingly relatable?
• 14:23 Don't you work with guys?
• 18:40 The new segment - surprise, it's filled with teaching anecdotes.

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Melissa drops by to chat with Tara about the ups and downs of life while international teaching including a near-death experience while riding a bike in Beijing traffic. The second episode of our recurring series, Postcards from the Edge.

• 02:25 "Think of every spring break movie you ever have seen and now translate it into German."
• 06:36 "Your toilet's still gonna flush at the end of the day." "Hopefully." "Hopefully."
• 11:12 "Living abroad and traveling abroad are not the same at all!"
• 16:40 Death by Hello Kitty balloons
• 29:31 "So much forced reflection." Learning about yourself and where you come from when you go abroad.

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Congratulations, you just got a new job! Wait, it's not what you studied for or are trained in? How did this happen? Come join us in hashing out the joys and plunders of feeling like that square peg trying to fit in that round hole.

• 02:26 The building-the-plane-as-you're-flying tactic
• 06:20 "These things have to be done and somebody has to do them!"
• 08:12 Brit and Tara veer off topic to talk school supplies
• 15:38 Getting into the pros and cons of being in an uncomfortable job role

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Prepare for lots of laughter in this first episode of our recurring series Postcards from the Edge. Grace and Courtney have a conversation about the ups and downs of international teaching, followed by lots of travel talk.

• 04:08 Goat's blood with Grace's face
• 10:27 The time Prep kids mutinied against Courtney
• 17:50 Best Food Tour in Ho Chi Minh City
• 21:34 Advice for future international teachers
• 25:13 Least favourite educational buzzword

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Courtney and Gabrielle waffle on about: a sordid headline, the different types of relationships within international teaching and also took a "very scientific poll" of our friends to back up our musings.

• 01:15 - Will YOUR marriage survive overseas?
• 03:24 - Types of international teaching relationships
• 11:29 - Our "very scientific" poll
• 16:30 - "...allows me to examine myself more and to grow…"
• 20:48 - Part Three - DOOM!

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We slap labels around liberally and talk about the types of people you meet in international teaching.

• 02:28 - "It reminds me of that scene in Mean Girls..."
• 07:15 - Tara ruminates on finding a place in international teaching as an introvert.
• 09:16 - The secret fourth category!

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In the second episode, we meet the other half of the gang, Courtney and Brittany, as they talk about how to get through those inevitable doldrums.

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• 01:24 - "In a week and a half, I signed a contract."
• 06:26 - Learn the C-DRIPPS method to making friends
• 19:02 - "What is this glorious globe in the sky?!"
• 23:50 - Find out how to throw your own Devolson party or what Devolson even is…
• 36:45 - "By the time we were done with the meeting, we were just hungry, little children needing food and alcohol."

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Our first ever episode! Gabrielle and Tara talk about what they think are some challenges and benefits of teaching overseas.

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• 01:12 - "I moved to Germany; picked up a husband."
• 09:38 - "I have no idea who you are, or what you want or, really, what you're saying!"
• 11:27 - Gabrielle tries and fails to pronounce 'mental models'

Links:

US Department of State - Teaching in international school overseas.