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Female teacher in Kuwait

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anter

From: Australia

5/31/2005 09:29 EST

I'm considering a position offer in kuwait as a teacher and would like to know what other female teachers have to say about teaching and living in Kuwait. If not a teacher some other western females from Australia, UK, NZ or US. What is it like? Anything I should consider by way of pro or con.
I'm not much into heavy duty social activity nor shopping.
Really am content to write or read.
Like to go to the gym.
How available is fresh fruit and vegetables and the cost compared to US or Australia?
Foreign Affairs department in this country have posted warnings about living in Kuwait and hightened risk. Comments?

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helium

From: United Kingdom

6/3/2005 16:20 EST

I am off to Kuwait in August to teach as well. From what I have been told it is a fairly liberal arabic country. All of theire food is shipped or flown in and I was told that the prices are similar (sometimes more expencive sometimes a lot less) than prices in the UK. This would put a loaf of bread at aprox $1.50AU, Milk $0.50 Au per L.
Some good web sites to ask questions (and have some of them answered are:
http://thesnakeinthegrass.blogspot.com/
http://www.tes.co.uk/section/staffroom/
http://www.hejleh.com/countries/kuwait.html
http://www.kuwaitiah.net/index.html
I am a Tasmanian and am really excited about moving there. Worse comes to worse it is only a year.
As for safety... I could walk out of the door and get run over by the bus...
See you in Kuwait

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