S2 18: Teaching Around the World With Debbie Greisen – Part Two
The Strong Women Podcast
Sarah Stonestreet
2.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Our guest today on the podcast is Debbie Greisen. After being raised on the mission field of Hong Kong, she began her journey teaching grade school in Australia, the Marshall Islands, Africa, and the Middle East. Debbie adopted both of her daughters from China while teaching overseas. Upon moving to the United States, Debbie continued teaching in Washington state until her recent retirement. But retirement hasn't slowed Debbie down, and she shares with us about the challenges of engaging the culture and the encouragement the Colson Fellows program has been in that journey.
Debbie Greisen Show Notes - Part Two
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Rise to Rebellion: A Novel of the American Revolution by Jeff Shaara
Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot
One Witness by Aggie Hurst
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Strong Women Podcast, where each week we explore a deeper understanding of the humanity, value, intellect, and creativity of women. |
| 0:10.6 | I'm Erin Kunkel. |
| 0:11.8 | And I'm Sarah Stone Street. We're so glad you're here. |
| 0:18.7 | Well, we're back on the Strong Women podcast with Debbie Greyson. |
| 0:22.7 | And in the first episode, we heard about her incredible life. |
| 0:26.4 | And if you didn't catch that, you have to. |
| 0:28.6 | She has not lived your average American life. |
| 0:32.4 | Let's just put it that way, Debbie. |
| 0:35.1 | So we wanted to talk to Debbie about some of the things recently that has been |
| 0:40.5 | going on in her life, specifically in the area of education. Debbie, if you heard our first |
| 0:46.0 | episode, you know she has been teaching young people for a long time and really has devoted |
| 0:51.7 | her life to that. But recently retired from teaching and has been |
| 0:56.4 | really in the mix of all that's been going on in public education in the country and concerned |
| 1:03.6 | about some of the issues. So, Debbie, thank you for coming back on and tell us maybe about |
| 1:10.8 | just your teaching time in America now, now that you've |
| 1:14.6 | lived really all over the world. And you end up back in America. Did you start right away |
| 1:22.7 | teaching in the public school or how did that come about? So yes, I returned permanently to the states in 2011 and took a job in this small town where I was living with my family. |
| 1:40.1 | My oldest daughter had finished high school. |
| 1:41.9 | My second one was still finishing high school. |
| 1:45.4 | And it was a small district in a little town called White Salmon on the Washington side. |
| 1:52.1 | And so I taught in the public school there for three years. |
| 1:55.8 | And it was a small town school, one elementary school, one middle school, one high school, |
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