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I'm Moving... again

6/2/2017

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This was posted as part of my #100daysto40 series.  Yes, it's true.  I am leaving the UAE:

Day 83: When one door closes, the other one opens. As I said in yesterday's lesson, I am leaving the UAE. I am proud to say that I am leaving on my own terms... my head held high... when only a few months ago, I was suddenly dismissed from a teaching job in Abu Dhabi... for the first time from any job in my life... for the first time in my fourteen year teaching career... and I had 
a difficult experience through all of that but thank God another door opened. After two months and having my bags and boxes packed to leave the UAE, another door opened suddenly-- a music-teaching contract at a wonderful school in Dubai that feels like a community, full of hope and encouragement and support and appreciation and great kids (and roses and hugs even from the Grade 4 boys who are not embarassed to hug their teachers and thank you cards and parents who leave your performance with tears in their eyes) until the end of June. The kind of place that makes my job easier... so easy that I could stage two full musicals within two months while teaching 400 kids in music and 15 teenagers in music appreciation. The kind of place that reminds me of why I chose my profession in the first place. The kind of place that does not feel like a job because it's so fun even when working my ass off. So what's next? Although I would love to stay there, another door has opened. I will be teaching music in Vietnam. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought there but I have a new opportunity there and I love adventure (plus a host of other professional and practical reasons too). I am looking forward to this new open door and visitors. Photo credit: Angela Mitchell Hudson
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