I work as a teacher for the New Orthodox School in semi-rural Madaba, Jordan. Last year, the priest here decided to hire someone to start an extension of the British Council's English-langauge courses here - the first time that these classes are being offerend outside the capital city of Amman. I am one of the first Americans to committ to working with this interfaith (Madaba has a large Christian population) group of young people and adults who come from a whole range of socioeconomic backgrounds, including a variety of grade- and high-schools.