March 31, 2019
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A Souk is a marketplace many of which are found in Medina’s which are old walled cities with narrow roads that may or may not permit cars and maze-like alleys that lead to residences and businesses. As you look at … Continue reading
March 28, 2019
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Even as I am waiting in the airport for the first leg of my flight home, I am enjoying yet another famous cup of mint tea. It typically is served heavily sugared-delicious but I opted to go sugar free this … Continue reading
March 27, 2019
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We continued our drive through Tiout (past the women‘s argan cooperative) to reach the oasis on the outskirts of the small town. The one lane road going through the town was narrow with few people. Donkeys were here and there, … Continue reading
March 27, 2019
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Prior to arriving in Morocco, Hassan (our host teacher) Lindsey and I planned a great week in which we balanced observations and teaching of English classes, geology/ biology classes all with globally minded themes. Observing and collaborating with our master … Continue reading
March 25, 2019
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The plants, Argan oil cultivation and a visit to the Women’s Argan Cooperative As we drove towards Tiout, a small southern Moroccan village at the base of the Anti-Atlas Mountains, we saw an amazing site- Trees with goats in them! … Continue reading
March 24, 2019
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What could this be? Comments invited (always)
March 24, 2019
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Street Entry Courtyard gardens My room entry The Old Royal Palace: Palais Salam, Taroudant I was fortunate to make the 18th century mayor of Taroudant’s Palais Salam my home for a week. This beautiful walled palace-turned-hotel is a look … Continue reading
March 22, 2019
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We taught two lab lessons on fingerprinting and DNA extraction. Students painted a mural celebrating Global education- so honored to have my handprint here in beautiful Taroudant Morocco.
March 21, 2019
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Tuesday March 19 Morning session attended 4 English classes We gave our presentation and had students respond to the teen culture survey given to our students. We shared our student responses as well. Afternoon- Hassan drove us to Tiout, a … Continue reading
March 20, 2019 by laurelcard | 2 Comments
Today, I attended a geology class with curriculum much like Regents earth science. The class is taught in Arabic but you will see that the teacher (Abdelhak) wrote the title in English for us. An English teacher (Rachid) sat with us to translate. These are 12th grade students- known as Baccalaureate 2- in their final year of high school. These students are on track for science related majors when they attend University. There is a Nationwide Bac 2 exam administered at the end of this year which takes 3 days to complete.
day 1 physics and english
day 2 math and philosophy
day 3 geology and biology
all exams listed above are 3 hr long except English and philosophy which are 2 hrs long.
This is high stakes testing folks. The score on this exam counts as 50% of the overall gpa that will be submitted in university applications. Other assessments contributing to a student’s high school gpa are 25% Bac 1 exam at end of 11th gr and 25% teacher assessments trough out 12 th grade. Note that 10th grade ( common core yr) has no impact on student grades!
