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Celebrity Status At one of our preparation trainings for the Fulbright TGC program, we told to prepare ourselves to be welcomed like celebrities. Now, having never been a celebrity myself, I didn't think much about taking this advice. Surely I could expect a warm welcome, but celebrity status? The program had to be overestimating our popularity. They weren't. On the first day at my host school with my other two Fulbright teachers, there was a ceremony. A civics ceremony. It w

A few days ago, my time as a Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms participant ended. I had been in the Philippines, especially in the Bicol region, learning and teaching as part of the Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms (TGC) program since mid-July. And now I am left to reflect on and process the time I had the there. Being a TGC scholar opened my eyes to new ways of learning, living, and connecting with people. This blog post is the first of several in which I sha