"It's kind of a very shallow reason, but because of the snow. We don't have snow there!" says Jay Mojello, of why he wanted to come to Alaska.
Agad was supposed to have started at the school a couple months earlier, but a minor injury delayed his trip. He had to wait for a cut on his finger to heal before he could give his fingerprints to get a visa. So for the first two months of classes, Agad taught over Zoom from from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m., Philippines time.But now that Agad’s here in person the students are attentive, and even more so when Agad uses American slang.
Kuspuk School District Superintendent James Anderson said that he didn’t necessarily look for applicants from the Philippines. Anderson said that he simply hired the best and most experienced teachers. It just so happened that nearly all of them were from the Southern Philippines and speak a Bisayan language as their native language.“It’s kind of a very shallow reason, but because of the snow. We don’t have snow there!” said Jay Mojello.
Limod said that her husband was originally supposed to be working abroad this year too. But she asked him to instead let her spend some time working on her career while he watched the baby in the Philippines. That experience has come with growing pains. Limod and the other teachers all said that in the Philippines, students always listen to their teachers. But that’s not always the case in the U.S., and that hurt their feelings at first.
KYUKNews Good for them all, truly!!!! However, makes one wonder what the starting rate is and how sad it is that Alaska isn't training its own in-state teachers....
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