I've not been on this site in a long long time. But after stumbling on it looking for my next job I thought I could give an update to help any new teachers heading to China... As you can see from my previous posts, When I first arrived in China I was enjoying it but had a few problems with the location and school and whatnot. But I have now been working in China for...

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Fed up of being The Lone Wolf of Fenghua, I took a 2hour bus ride on friday back to Hangzhou where i knew foreign ppl were to find myself a weekend wolfpack. Still stuck in the hotel because their placements were still being buggered up were Alex and DJ Phil. They were now having to pay for the hotel out their own pocket until they get some money back from one of the companys we...

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So i've had my first week of teaching and all my lessons have gone really well! In fact i bloody well rocked it! So that was a big relief, fortunately my first 2 weeks worth of lessons is talking about 'me' though which is a subject i know quite well, I may struggle more when the English begins!! I teach 2 year groups age 14-16 over 2 weeks, 12 classes per year group. each class...

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So after a 2 hour bus journey from Hangzouh i arrive in Fenghua ready to educate!! The first people i met here were some other teachers they have all been really nice and welcoming, i had my own driver for the day yesterday and they took me to a shopping centre where i picked up a load of food, some extra pillows, bedsheets and a phone and they paid for the lot! My Chinese number...

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Ok so here's my story so far whether ya wanna hear it or not..... So far......I've been loving China! My placement was delayed along with 20 or so others from the original 117 because of a cock up somewhere by someone. And so i was delayed from starting teaching on the 1st of March to having my first lesson tomorrow?! (10th March) BUT..... its worked out really well because it meant for the last 15...

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