For those of you who missed my interview with Myra on TCKid TV, have a look:
(By the way, if you’re not coming from a TCKid site and you’re not sure what a TCK is, you must visit the TCKid website at tckid.com and learn a little bit about us weirdos–you might even discover that you’re one, too!) Continue reading
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The September 2014 issue of Travel Beyond Excuse Magazine is live! It is also the final issue of Travel Beyond Excuse Magazine. Why?
I’ve been having lots of fun with the magazine, but have found that it takes too much of my time and resources away from other projects I would like to work on for my Travel Beyond Excuse readers! A magazine, I have discovered, is really a project for a team–not an individual like me. As Steve Pavlina so eloquently put it in one of this month’s articles, “To free up time and energy for future growth in new directions, you have to drop the merely satisfactory. This gives you a shot at the truly beautiful.” Continue reading
UPDATE: This issue is now available for sale in PDF format. CLICK HERE to buy it now!
This month’s issue was compiled with teachers in mind. As they return to their classrooms this month, I’d like to plant a little seed of excitement for the coming year. How about a trip abroad next summer? Not possible on a teacher’s salary, you say? I hope that the articles in this issue will convince teachers and others that not only is it possible, but as a teacher, travel can revitalize not just you but your classroom lessons as well.
As a fellow teacher, I have a special place in my heart for educators. I also have a special place in my heart for travel, because I believe that the more we learn about our world and teach others about it, the less we will fear people who are different from us, and as the young minds of today learn to appreciate, understand, and tolerate those who are different from them, the world can be transformed into a more peaceful place. Is this a trifle naïve? Perhaps, but it is my biggest dream. Continue reading