The School
My classroom
The view from the window of my house
The river bank as we take off to fish
My house
Fish ready to be frozen
the local Moravian church
Grassy clearing on the tundra
River in the fall mud season
2nd grade halloween mural
I was face-painter for the halloween carnival
Tuluksak from the air - February
Kind of what the houses look like
This could be around two in the afternoon - in the winter the sun just slides along the horizon in a perpetual twilight
Spring flood
Kids during spring flood
The path to the river at ice-break
I’m a young Orthodox woman living and teaching in the Republic of Georgia. I write about places I’ve been, books I’ve read, and thoughts on whatever seems interesting at the time. 
Deborah Clark
/ March 1, 2010I taught kindergarten back in 1998-99. For the next two years I taught all of junior high. Ihave a challenge for you. For one whole day get rid of the desks. Go outside and give them a challenge. A real challenge that makes them think in terms of their reality. Then come back to class and finish the assignments on the floor. It wasn’t until I started visiting the homes of my students that I realized that they don’t work at tables or desks. When I started to use less book learning and more real life applications, our class made some awesome progress! Good luck to you.
Papa Joe
/ March 3, 2010Curious where Deborah taught. Similar to “There’s no Place like Home” there is no place like Tuluksak in the World. Yes I have been all over the World. I am still here in the trenches and yes it continues to be a struggle for teachers & students alike. I am honored to be in the presence of students who are as clean and well dressed as they are. They break through 4 to 5 feet of ice to get their water several months a year & yet they take great care of themselves to the max. BTW after they break through the ice they haul it back over a mile from the “Kuskowhim River” What upsets me is the arrogance & stupidity of the teachers. They are clueless as to what these children go through everyday!!!! I would love to see the teachers last 1 week without running water. Wonder if they would sleep in, be tardy, or not care at times? Hell they would leave the village within 3 days and never look back. No it is not about sitting on the floor or outside but rather a spoonful of understanding that would go a long way and a bucket full of respect! We & they need answers !!!!!!!
claude hall
/ January 8, 2011There are no easy answers-I live in Anch where most village people are migrating to-economics-fish&oil-my brother taught for years in bush alaska-robb hall@robbsdogs-ethete, wyo-res-my kids go to Mt. Edgecumbe H.S. in Sitka and I try to teach them that both worlds are still alive but the must learn to live in our modern city/country-life/time moves on/welfare states do not succeed. Social welfare for village alaska is and will be a dismal failure.