I’ve spent the last two years teaching brilliant university students in war-torn Myanmar — where some of my students’ homes have been obliterated in air strikes (while others have had to run for their lives from the new draft). Due to the dangers of living and teaching in Myanmar at this violent time, we have been hold classes online — so it’s always a treat when we get to meet our colleagues and students in person.
I was so happy when my Burmese boss told me he was coming to my neck of woods in California on a fundraising trip, because then we could finally get to meet in person. Wild!! And in just a few weeks, nine of my students will be coming to visit too — it will be so strange to be embodied in the same space together after these two years of just being floating heads on Zoom!
