 | May 4th, 2012 | |
May 1st
To most United States citizens, the first day of May - International Worker’s Day - doesn’t have any real significance.
It is just another day to us. (more…)
Archive for the ‘work’ Category
| March 9th, 2012 | |
Six Weeks of Vacation? Nah
In another couple of days, after the March 11 vote, we’ll know the answer: will the Swiss choose to give themselves more vacation time?
My prediction? Probably not. This is how direct democracy can function in Switzerland. (more…)
| August 26th, 2011 | |
Don’t mothers matter too?
Last week, I was all zen about accepting the Swiss schooling system as it is.
But now that school has actually started, I’m back to ranting and complaining. (more…)
| February 4th, 2011 | |
Silence is Swiss Gold
I confess that I recycled on a Sunday. It was the night after a party; lots of bottles, you know how it is. I gave it a lot of thought.
I waited until the afternoon. I enlisted a partner in crime and went to recycling bins in a business district. I felt these were a series of decisions that embraced the spirit of being quiet.
| December 23rd, 2010 | |
A Whole Lot of Nothing
I have spent the last four and a half years learning how to do something extremely hard for an American: nothing.
At first, Sundays in Switzerland were painful. No one did anything and stores weren’t open and this made me feel extremely nervous. (more…)
| November 12th, 2010 | |
What am I doing here?
The other day I was pondering why some people move abroad while others never venture more than 50 miles from home.
Why, for example, am I living 5,000 miles from my hometown while some of my friends are content to be teachers at the very same high school they graduated from?
What, exactly, is wrong with me? (more…)
