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International Educator Magazine

The bubble that bothered Tobias Rose-Stockwell was the tourism culture of Bangkok, Thailand. “People see you as a dollar sign. I felt there was a culture I wasn’t connecting with, so I decided to dive in and seek that connection.” Rose-Stockwell had studied abroad in South Africa while he was a student at Allegheny College. He remembers being approached by a woman in the bush who had two children and a baby and wanted some clothes. “I could personally
reach out and touch her and affect her circumstances…I could make a difference in an insignificant way.”

Montreal Serai

Our taxi-driver passed a motorbike, faltered, and swerved to avoid a head-on collision. The car began to slide as he lost control and in an instant we skidded and hit something. We had run over a young girl on her bicycle - the car had stopped. In that moment I closed my eyes. There was nothing before me but a void, and in that void was no logic or justice – just meaningless suffering. I opened my eyes, and reached for the handle of the door, only to realize we were moving again – backing up. Our driver was looking over his shoulder, hastily revving the engine and then, as I blinked in disbelief, we drove away. My mouth open, I looked at the Cambodian woman next to me. Her brown eyes were wide as she nervously smiled and said "it's ok... it's ok…" patting me on the leg. Our driver was now speeding as fast as he could away from the scene, spouting things in Khmer I could not understand.