Moving away from home is always difficult. I’ll happily admit I was a little nervous prior to my arrival in Shenzhen. How would I get there? Little did I know that Hong Kong was placed just over the border from Shenzhen. I will do my best and detail how best…...
Living in China Steps To Success
Congratulations! You have accepted a position to be a Foreign English Teacher with SDE and bought your plane ticket to China. So exhilarating! You will be living in China and you will need pointing in the right direction. But there’s something holding you back from feeling as excited as you…...
Getting Lost in Shenzhen: I’m Going on an Adventure..! by Lynn Berggren-Goodwin
Back home, my rep as a navigator is shady. I’ve always relied on instinct (not maps or GPS) to get me to places, and most of the time it has worked. But I didn’t realise that I would need more than a sniff of the nose and the goodwill of…...
Golden Week Adventuring: Dinner in Guilin by Ben Baldieri
Golden week. Never did I think that two little words could bring such a vast amount of joy to me yet, six weeks into my China teaching adventure, joy is exactly what was brought. Teaching in the public-school system has many benefits. Though having ample time off was an important…...
Vegan Food in China – Cody Hoffman
Vegan Food In China - A Guide Cody Hoffman discusses what it is like to find Vegan Food in China. Cody also adds the top 4 vegan foods in China into the discussion. I am sitting at the table, at a fairly nondescript Chinese restaurant in Shenzhen’s Fumin district. Around…...
ESL in China The Future (3)
ESL in China Warts and All Being part of ESL in China has made me feel anything but “big,” it’s respectfully made me feel very small. Which I’ve come to very much appreciate. China, a world leading power, is progressing faster than ever in its education system. It’s taking on…...
ESL Teacher in China: Part 2
ESL Teacher in China As an ESL Teacher in China - it has made me feel anything but “big.” It’s respectfully made me feel very small, which I’ve come to very much appreciate. China, a world leading power. It is progressing faster than ever in its education system. It’s taking…...
ESL in China The Future Part 1
ESL in China: New To Teaching Teaching ESL in China has made me feel anything but “big,” it’s respectfully made me feel very small, which I’ve come to very much appreciate. China, a world leading power, is progressing faster than ever in its education system. It’s taking on new ideas…...
Chinese Healthcare System
Chinese Healthcare - My Experience A sharp pain struck my chest, just to the left of my heart. Concern flooded my face. The Chinese Healthcare system. What would I do? Shortly to be relieved by a sense of denial as my mind rushed to downplay the problem. “Sure, you’ve been…...
Chinese High School Debating China
Chinese High School Debating Competitions I still remember in late 2015 receiving an unsolicited approach from someone claiming to be from the National Chinese High School Debating League of China. I had never heard of the organization, but I had fond memories of debating in high school, so I opened…...