Bob Flaa from Thialand - School Days

School is off and running! We have just finished the first week of classes at Grace International School. The halls are full of students as GIS welcomed 500 students, its largest enrollment ever.

This is the week that the Flaa family has been anticipating for quite some time. I had a wonderful week settling into the routine of teaching my 3 sections of English 9 and 2 sections of British Literature. Much of the week was spent beginning to get to know the kids I will be working with this year. And what a group it is. I have a wonderfully diverse group of 80 students who hail from 17 different countries.

I also had my first meeting with the orthopedic surgeon here in Chiang Mai. We learned that appointments work a bit differently here. While we had dutifully prearranged a 10:00 time to see the doctor, we found out that it is better to just show up early. Evidently, the doctor sees whoever comes in pretty much in the order you show up. So, at 12:30 we finally made it in to see the doctor.