Category: Teacher
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Foreign Teacher Accommodation
Translation: the dorms First moving to China was one of those “in your face” expectation meets reality moments. On the one hand, I knew what the contract said, and I knew that it wasn’t going to be how I imagined, but when I arrived and had to start actually living it out, there were problems…
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Initial Impressions of Jishou
My first day here felt like I was moving into college again except everything felt much more uncertain. This week was a battle with unexpected circumstances and a lot of adjustment with the way things work in a small city in China, but I’ve tried my best to stay positive despite it all. The first…
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First Week Teaching at Yasi
Carrying on with the theme of having no expectations, I was thrown in the deep end with no training, orientation of students’ levels, textbooks, or other preparation for the 50 to 65 students I would have in each class. 4000 students and not a clue where to begin. The school told our liaisons, Cindy and Lisa, that the timetable…
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ZION ORPHANAGE
On Sunday July 10, Jia Sheng drove David, Stella, Scarlet, and I to Maejo, a suburb across town to visit an orphanage called, Home of Zion. Director Ni oversees this place, which houses about 50 to 60 children ranging from ages 5 up to 11. Slowly the younger kids walked towards us as they awakened…
MELODY TIENYUN 