You had a long week. It started out hearing some heart-wrenching news from a school on the southern part of the island. The news weighs on your mind all day. Appalling. But school carried on per usual. You and your counterpart teacher are reviewing some material before conducting tests over the course of the week. [...]
Month: November 2017
Candles Burning in the Night; A Family Tradition
"Mr. King, are you a Catholic?" a fellow teacher asked me as we strolled down the hill from St. Peter’s RC. "Yes, I was raised Catholic," I responded as a large truck barreled past, three individuals riding in the back. "Are you going to light candles tonight?" she asked. "You know, I heard about that. [...]
Discovering Common Ground; My Grenadian Thanksgiving
I stumbled out of the bus and onto the coastline road outside of Kirani James Athletics Stadium. The sun had already set, and so leaving the darkness of the road I made my way to the lights and sounds that resonated from the stadium. It was a Tuesday night, the night before Grenada’s Thanksgiving Holiday [...]