liralen's review
4.0
In the late 80s, Haigh set off for Bhutan: he didn't really know where Bhutan was, or necessarily what he was doing there, but he knew he was in for an adventure. A teacher with something akin to the Peace Corps, it would be two years like no others.
Haigh taught at a boarding school in Bhutan—boarding school because there were so few options for rural students, and for upper school in particular students had to go to a few established centres. Haigh, meanwhile, was there to teach English (the official language of instruction because there are too many local languages to provide standardised education in all of them) and to learn himself.
It's an engrossing story, not least because Haigh is curious about the culture and the little details. I don't expect to ever go to Bhutan, so it's one of those places that I'll just have to keep reading about.
Haigh taught at a boarding school in Bhutan—boarding school because there were so few options for rural students, and for upper school in particular students had to go to a few established centres. Haigh, meanwhile, was there to teach English (the official language of instruction because there are too many local languages to provide standardised education in all of them) and to learn himself.
It's an engrossing story, not least because Haigh is curious about the culture and the little details. I don't expect to ever go to Bhutan, so it's one of those places that I'll just have to keep reading about.
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