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Health is a great social topic because it involves all of your students and should be something that everyone is passionate about.
Warmup: Talk about a personal experience relating to health. Maybe you got sick and had to spend the night in the hospital? Maybe you got in a car accident? Ask one [...]
So today was my first trip to Hong Kong. After spending four hopeless days trying get my visa renewed at the local police station, I finally gave up and made the trip “across the border.” In the end, I wished that I had made this choice four days ago because going to Hong Kong was [...]
Too many foreign teachers in China take the fact that they are treated like royalty to mean that they can do whatever they wish. If they want to show up late to class who is going to stop them? If they want to skip a staff meeting who is going to care? In fact, no [...]
I turned my TV off yesterday in silent protest when for the second time in three hours, I watched a woman “accidentally” falling down a set of stairs after an argument with her lover. Don’t get me wrong. I like watching drama and I enjoy a good story but I don’t handle well the themes of family [...]
It is my fault. I shouldn’t have waited until three days before my visa expires to look into renewing it. I just never thought the process would be so difficult. Dealing with government officials in China is enough to want to make me pound my head against a slab of concrete for an hour. I [...]
I had never ridden a motorcycle until I came to China in 2006. This is probably why I crashed into a shop door within three days of buying my first motorcycle. I survived but the door did not. I had to pay 300 RMB to have it repaired. This early negative experience, however, did not dampen my enthusiasm [...]
The Weekly China Roundup from RR on TeachAbroadChina.com
A crocodile made eye contact with me tonight at our local Walmart. Well, I guess I made eye contact with him since he was laying there lifeless in the frozen meat section. I’m guessing the middle of his body was missing since all that was visible was his [...]
One of my students unsuccessfully tried to explain to me today why cheating is and should be acceptable in China. She told me that cheating is often the only way to succeed academically in this overpopulated country. She admitted to me that she has tried to cheat multiple times but has always failed because of increased security. [...]
As you are looking for a job in China, you will see a wide range of salaries on the internet. Some salaries will appear shockingly low while other salaries will seem fit for a king. Why the discrepancy? Is it always best to opt for the highest salary and most attractive benefit package?
The cost of living is a [...]
By the time I reached my apartment tonight, I was feeling a little depressed. It’s not like I haven’t seen beggars before. China is full of them. But after the third beggar held out their hand to me tonight, I began thinking about why they are out there in a country that holds so much [...]
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