While we were in Kerala, protests erupted in Delhi. We were warned by the State Department to steer clear, but as we drove from the airport, there was no avoiding it. As it turns out, the only legal protest location in Delhi is at Jantar Mantar, an observatory with narrow…

After a week of visiting schools and meeting students and teachers, I was looking forward to stepping into the classroom. Our host teacher planned for a day of methodology exchange with teachers and students at Viswaprakash Central School, our host institution.  I was lucky enough to work with the 12th…

At the end of our first week in India, the 19 of us said goodbye, broke into groups of 2 or 3, and dispersed around the country. My partner teacher, Shannon, and I jetted off to the capital of the state of Kerala.  The city’s name? Thiruvananthapuram. It took me…

After our first few days in Delhi, we took our learning to Agra and visited the Taj Mahal, the symbol of love from Shah Jahan to his favorite wife (side note: it must have been awkward to be one of the other wives, huh?). Today, the Taj Mahal is the…

As our bus pulled up to CM SHRI School in New Delhi, the first thing we noticed was a red carpet. We arrived on time, which in India means we were early, so though the literal red carpet was rolled out, the metaphorical one was still rushing into place. Students…

Hello to anyone still out there!  My apologies for going radio silent, but good news: I’m still alive and still abroad. Many of you were likely unsurprised by my inability to keep up with blogging (my track record speaks for itself), but I really thought this time would be different.…

Today, our first stop was the Salaam Baalak Trust, an NGO that focuses on caring for and educating Delhi’s street children  (fun fact: it was founded by Zohran Mamdani’s grandmother!). We began with a street tour led by Salman, an alumnus of the program. He gave us context for why…

After a day of travel and a 2 hour line at passport control, the majority of our cohort arrived in Delhi. We were met with a wall of heat and solid humidity — even at midnight, the weather chose to assert its dominance. Welcome to India! Our home in Delhi…

It’s been almost a year since I received the honor of a lifetime: a Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms award. After a semester-long course, a global education symposium in DC, and many, many months of speculation in the WhatsApp group chat, it’s finally time. Tonight, I embark on my international…

Hello and welcome to the new and (hopefully) improved Jet Set Jac! Jet Set Jac started way back in in 2014. I had just graduated from college and decided that I was going to be the next big travel blogger. I booked a one way ticket to Australia, bought a…