Leigh in Azerbaijan

The M2 students went on a trip to Gobustan in the last week of school.  The reasons for going are to see some petroglyphs (this is just one of many) (check out Flickr)

some graffiti engraved by a Roman soldier (Azerbaijan was the outer reaches of the Roman Empire) and the mud volcanoes.  The mud volcanoes [...]

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I don’t have photos yet but Michael and I with Natasha have put up our teaching time-line and teaching process display for the Exhibition. We’ve also included a display on the Student Profile, which is jargon for the characteristics that we believe students should have in the PYP. Monday we get to [...]

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I’ve finally seen the light.  Freedom of the Press articles were taking over my blog.
Henceforth all articles relating to Freedom of the Press in Azerbaijan will be found at http://azerifreedom.edublogs.org
I’ll try to report a little more regularly about life in Baku.

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02 May 2008 [18:51] – Today.Az
US President George Bush has released a statement on May 3 – World Press Freedom Day, APA quotes the official site of the White House.

President Bush called on all over the world to respect for freedom of speech, emphasizing it as one of the most important aspects of the [...]

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30 April 2008 [15:20] – Today.Az

The appeal, sent to Supreme Court of Azerbaijan on the case of editor-in-chief of the Gundelik Azerbaijan newspaper against the verdict passed by Baku Court of Appeal, has been accepted for consideration.
The due announcement was made by journalist’s defender Isakhan Ashurov.
The defender said that the appeal will be considered under [...]

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