Education in Japan: developing citizenry, celebrating harmony / Trevor Dodman -- China: education, culture, and western misconceptions / Michele E. Gordon -- Letters from home and a man on the moon: lessons in culture a step at a time / Elizabeth Wigful -- "Come with me to the Casbah": romance and reality in Turkey / Jeri Hurd -- Surviving the Soviet legacy / Ken Lockette -- From the midwest to the Middle East: Iowa to Abu Dhabi / Mike Kielkopf -- The why of it: Lebanon and Egypt / Vernon K. Olson -- From the ground up: building a school with cinder blocks, notebooks, and friendships / John A. Hansen and Evan M. Smith -- Teaching a future president / Shirley Hooper -- The Kaiser's mélange: a year of teaching in Vienna / Karen L. Newman -- A Canuck down under: reflections of a Canadian teacher on exchange in western Australia / Ross Laing -- Having it all: how to teach overseas and keep your public school job in the United States / Deborah M. Boucher -- Globe trotting: teaching around the world for volunteer organizations and private schools / Victoria Egan -- International teaching: a welcome / David Reid.