Rachel+Upholzer-Bio


 * Name: **Rachel Upholzer


 * What I teach and where: **Kindergarten at the American School of Kuwait

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 * Where I live: ** Mahboula, Kuwait (I especially like when it says-devoid of any roads, has very poor lighting and messy water and phone lines, because this sums up where I live despite the wealth Kuwait has.)=====


 * Preferred email: ** rupholzer@gmail.com

Salaam alaikum from the Middle East! My name is Rachel Upholzer, and I am just finishing up my second year of teaching kindergarten in Kuwait. I graduated in 2010 from Michigan State University and did my student teaching in Lansing, MI. I was offered a job overseas during my student teaching and couldn't wait to begin my international teaching career. Despite the hot weather and missing my family, Kuwait is actually a great place to live. I have been able to travel to 10 different countries on my school breaks this year and am hoping to reach my goal of 30 countries by my 30th birthday (10 more countries, 5 years to go). I was very lucky this year to be the one kindergarten class with a Smartboard and it has been such a blast to use! I am very passionate about including technology in the classroom and I am looking forward to learning new ways and reasons why technology can be so useful to the students!

On a side note- I have the world's slowest internet at my apartment (which makes online classes especially fun), so I will edit my page tomorrow from school with a few pictures! :)