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12-year-old, 12 Adults, 12 Days, 12th of May in Doha, Qatar–12 Years Later

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May 8, 2025
Qatar Academy

Back in May 2013, based on the word of a 12-year-old I was held in police custody in Doha, Qatar for allegedly insulting Islam. The 12-men-strong board of directors of Qatar Academy, where I was teaching at the time, did NOT push back against the charges brought by the child's father. But, after 12 days in custody, on the 12th of May, I was released from Al Rayyan Police Station.

Now in May 2025, 12 years since the incident, I have something else to report!

December 29, 2021
Nepal Education & Parenting

Nepali teachers, I have observed, do not use humor much or often. I am not sure why.

This blog contains embeds of two short clips from a presentation to students at a school in Kathmandu in which I use humor.

June 21, 2021
Presentations & Speeches

A reproduction of a speech in Nepali about my life -- about my dreams, my education, my international professional career, my travels, and my liberation from many of the constraints and limitations of Nepali culture, society, and people.

A speech about education...for LIFE!

April 16, 2021
General

Nepali teachers do NOT use humor as much as they should. I do. And so in my workshops for them, I use it to demonstrate its effectiveness. Follow link for short videos of me in action -- telling jokes and making teachers and students laugh, to grab their attention and hold it.

February 17, 2019
Nepal Education & Parenting

Pretty much every Nepali school textbook I have seen and read about, I have decided, actually hinders children's learning, forget promote -- and contribute to -- them! In this blog post, I show how a fifth grade textbook completely misses the mark.

The solution? Do away with the local and national level examinations in grades 8 and 10 and eliminate textbooks.

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12-year-old, 12 Adults, 12 Days, 12th of May in Doha, Qatar–12 Years Later

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SOS Children’s Village: Education…for LIFE!

Nepali Teachers Need to Loosen Up And Use Humor in Their Classrooms

Nepal Education: Our Textbooks Hinder Learning!

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