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How to travel with teens (and not lose your mind!)
When I tell people that I travel with high school students to remote places at all ends of the earth, the reaction I receive most often...

Lindsey Smaka
Nov 11, 20198 min read
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Morocco Day!
After returning from Morocco, it was a whirlwind being back in my home classroom! I landed at about 9:30PM in Minneapolis and went...

Lindsey Smaka
Apr 29, 20192 min read
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All those languages
With my guiding question evolved to: How does religion, culture and language affect the school system and science education? ... I need...

Lindsey Smaka
Apr 16, 20192 min read
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Islam & Arithmetic
A few days into my Fulbright journey, my guiding question evolved into: "How does religion affect the school system and science...

Lindsey Smaka
Apr 3, 20194 min read
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Transatlantic
After an afternoon of collecting a significant amount of trash, we dove write into a mural project to finish up our day of community...

Lindsey Smaka
Mar 29, 20192 min read
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That's Trash
Something I have always done with my chemistry students in Minnesota features going back to the basics. Just get outside and pick up...

Lindsey Smaka
Mar 28, 20193 min read
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Going with the flow (of ice cream...)
Teaching in Morocco taught me to trust my gut and my talent. Lindsey - you know what you're doing! You don't need Google Slides, WiFi or...

Lindsey Smaka
Mar 27, 20193 min read
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Greatest Of All Time - The Moroccan GOAT
Before coming to Morocco my only knowledge of argan oil was that it was advertised as an exotic ingredient in shampoo on the shelves of...

Lindsey Smaka
Mar 26, 20192 min read
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Welcome to Taroudant!
Entering my "school away from school" host city has been a whirlwind! Leaving the hustle and bustle of the modern capitol city of Rabat...

Lindsey Smaka
Mar 21, 20192 min read
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Patterns, Peacocks and Portraits
Patterns I am obsessed. I mean OBSESSED with all of the patterns I see here in Morocco. I want to chop up all of the doors and tile work...

Lindsey Smaka
Mar 18, 20193 min read
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Crossing Roads
It's always a learning curve when acclimating to the ins and outs of a new country as you settle in. Today was a day I felt I was really...

Lindsey Smaka
Mar 13, 20193 min read
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Which door to choose?
As I arrived in Morocco it felt as though a new door has opened in my life. Every new country I visit, I learn so much and grow...

Lindsey Smaka
Mar 12, 20193 min read
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I See D.C.!
Even though I have been on my Fulbright journey since September, this felt like another new beginning on my Fulbright. After taking part...

Lindsey Smaka
Feb 24, 20192 min read
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