Let's Meet the August 2012 China Interns!

Applied for the China internship and wondering who else has?

Well we’ve done a little detective work for you...Here are a few people you may just be bumping into in Beijing!

Haven’t booked yet and want to join them in China?

Introducing...

Sacha De Souza

What are you doing at the moment?
At the moment I'm self employed, I manage the properties my mum has in USA and UK. Prior to this I was an Aesthetic Therapist, working for a company called Skins in Harley street London.

What attracted you to the China Internship?
My mum found the i-to-i website and forwarded it to me, and I just thought it was great great opportunity to travel and do something new and different.

What are you most excited about?
I'm mos5t excited a learning about the culture, I have always wanted to go to China as i think it's a beautiful country with so much to offer.

What do you hope to get out of the experience?
I hope that this experience will teach me a lot more about other cultures and their way off life, plus I will get to meet new amazing people.

Random fact about yourself:

I'm originally from Brazil, I'm a bit of a clean freak, mess bothers me. The weirdest thing about me is my LOVE for horror films and I love scary thing, I toured Edinburgh and London most haunted sites. I LOVE travelling, And Barcelona is my favorite City in the world.


Kelli Donnell

What attracted you to the China Internship?
The help that is provided. I knew I wanted to get my TEFL certification and I didn't care where really. But when I was looking into TEFL, I knew it was a done deal when i-to-i offered assistance with most of the process and the fact that you get 6 months of experience at the end!
 
What are you most excited about?

I was most excited about the location. I had just taken a class in Ancient Chinese History and I was thrilled about the opportunity to actually go and see what I had been studying.
 
What do you hope to get out of the experience?

Obviously, I hope to get experience teaching out of this experience, but I also am hoping to gain a better understanding of the Chinese culture, as well as a greater appreciation for my home country along the way!
 
Random fact about yourself:

I am obsessed with Japan. I plan to head there next!
I am a Psychology major and History minor and plan to become a High School History teacher after I travel the world.
I enjoy many things many people hate: making lists and planing; cleaning and cooking; studying new things; and reading!

Mae Skillen

What attracted you to the China Internship?

I am currently working as a temporary receoptionist until June where I am travelling across France and Spain with my best friend for 2months before returning for a week to get ready to go to China!

What are you most excited about?

I volunteered in Ghana, West Africa for 3months and it gave me the inspiration to travel more and experience new cultures. China is a stunning and interesting place and I think it will help me to decide whether to go to university and study to be a teacher...

What are you most excited about?

I am most excited about being a real teacher! I know it sounds silly but I can't wait to be called 'Miss'! I want to be the teacher who's class all the children want to be in as I hope my fun lesson plans will be a hit!

What do you hope to get out of the experience?

I hope to gain not only valuable teaching experience, but also to use the experience help me make a decision about where to go next, even if it is that I fall in love with China and decide to stay, or travel more or go further with being a teacher.

Random fact about yourself:

A random fact about myself.... errr, well... I got bitten by a monkey in Africa! Painful yes - but a great 'shocker' story nonetheless!

Aaron pierson

Currently I am employed with Amazon.com at one of their fullfillment centers. What interested me most about the internship is the chance to work with people from the world in China. I am most excited about learning more about Chinese culture and meeting new people and hopefully making new friends. What I want to get out of the experience is better teaching knowledge and maybe some TEFL connections. Random fact about myself I am an 8 time marathon winner.

Danny Curran

What are you doing at the moment? E.g job just graduated?
 
I graduated last May from the University of Derby. I studied Sociology and I am considering going into teaching once this internship is over. I am currently working at my parent’s construction company in an administrative position.

What attracted you to the China Internship?
 
Originally, I had met my cousin's friend who told me about his travels with i-to-i to teach English in Thailand. I had signed up for the May internship with them but this was later cancelled by i-to-i. An alternate offer was the China internship which I was more than happy to change on to.

What are you most excited about?
 
I am really looking forward to the everyday life which I will get stuck into, being part of a huge cycle of society which is vastly different to anything I have encountered before. To be honest, the idea of actually teaching people is terrifying! But I am reassuring myself that it is natural and the experience will be so rewarding that I won't want to come back to DUNSTABLE!!

What do you hope to get out of the experience?
 
I am hoping to gain more experience talking to people in a formal manner. I have been volunteering at several primary schools since last October to gain some sort of experience talking to/teaching young learners but I still feel that I am a novice at this. Further, if the learners are older then I feel that I may get overwhelmed by it all, so I really want to be a commanding presence that I can use in future interviews etc.

Random fact about yourself:
 
Random fact - I can move my ears. Boom.

 

Have you joined the China internship and want to be added to this post?

Email a photo of yourself and responses to the four questions abouve to chalkboard@i-to-i.com

 

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