Editor’s Note : Norwich High School teacher Edward Erickson is currently serving for one year as a professor of political science in Baghdad. This is the first in a periodic series about his work with Iraqi instructors and his observations of the war.

By Edward Erickson

Foreign Correspondent

I work on the Iraqi Ministry of Defense’s Transition Team at their new professional development center in Baghdad. There are eight of us: five Americans, one Australian, one British and one French teacher. Our skills include international relations, budgets, human relations, computers/networking, and legal affairs. Two are lawyers.