Most European countries don't pay visiting teachers enough to make a living, she said. When she first applied, she said it was with the intention of teaching in Africa or in a Central American country. I had this burning desire to go abroad again.'Īfter waiting for her youngest child to start college, Rendle started applying to teaching jobs all over the world. I loved it. I always knew I would leave (the United States) eventually. 'It was a life-changing experience,' she said of her time in Zambia. 'I learned an Indigenous language, I coached the volleyball team, I got really involved. She settled in her hometown of Quincy with her husband – whom she met in Zambia – and raised two children while teaching at Atlantic Middle School and obtaining a master's degree in African literature. She first taught abroad in Zambia during her time in the Peace Corps in the 1990s, and said the itch to continue traveling, learning and teaching never really went away. Ann Parish rectory in Quincy sold: 'We're just keeping it as is for the time being' I'd always had this desire to learn more about these international schools. I just never knew I'd be able to do it.'Ī 'poster child' for rising costs: Quincy police station price rises $23 million 'I've spent so much time in Africa, but never really gotten my fill of other parts of the world, including Europe. 'I always wanted to study abroad in college, but I was a volleyball player on scholarship so it was never really an option to leave,' she said. She teaches students from ages 12 to 16 who have lived all over the world, are from different cultures and speak a variety of languages.

Rendle, an English teacher, left her 29-year career in Quincy to teach at the Leysin American School about 80 miles outside Geneva.

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