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  • Author(s): Pyke, Nicholas
  • Source:
    TES: Magazine. 10/3/2003, Issue 4552, FRIDAY p6-7. 2p. 2 Color Photographs.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      THOMASON, Alison; FOREIGN teachers
    • Subject Terms:
      BOGOTA (Colombia); COLOMBIA
    • Abstract:
      Reports on the experiences of British teacher Alison Thomason while working as a teacher for two years at the Colegio Anglo Colombiano in Bogota, Colombia, considered one of the most dangerous posts in global education. Threats of kidnapping in the city; Warnings for foreigners; Colegio's rehearsals for terrorist attacks; Challenges of teaching the children of Colombia's richest who leave their children in the care of nannies; Thomason's life with her mother whom she invited to work with her.