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Christmas was banned! Cancelled! Forbidden! Basically the Chinese government has told schools that they must focus on Chinese culture and as a result our school decided that there would be no celebrating Christmas of any kind, including the foreign teacher giving a lesson on the subject.
1st of December - 7th December Posting this a day late from my phone as my VPN refuses to work on my computer! In China, more often than not, events that must take weeks of organising are something that foreign teachers find out about as they are happening. This means that it is very likely …
Continue reading "China Diaries: “Where is my Chinese teacher?!”"
Sunday night saw me locked out of my apartment after realising my key was not in my bag when I returned from the supermarket. The night before my first week back teaching in China!! This was almost a disaster...
It's been an eventful week travelling from Myanmar to China with a quick stop in Bangkok for my friend's birthday!!
It's been a while but I'm back with another TEFL Tip Tuesday. This post was inspired by a recent Q&A we held at the language centre I work in. It was for new teachers arriving in Myanmar and teaching English for the first time, we were asked to give them one piece of advice about the job and well without even hesitating I said "Your first day will most likely be a complete disaster, but that's half the fun!" and speaking from personal experience it's the most honest advice I could give!
Welcome back to TEFL Tip Tuesday! This week I've been experimenting in my classroom and it has completely changed the way I think about teaching. These posts usually come from something I learned last semester and now use in class but if there is one thing I know about life, it's that you never stop …
Teaching English: just when you think you've got it, you lose it and just when you think you've lost it, you crack it again. My first day of teaching I realized I had lost my USB stick somewhere between getting on the plane in London and arriving at my placement school. As a …
Continue reading "Organised Chaos: the First Few Weeks of Teaching"
It's 12am, it's pitch black, all you can hear is the sound of your own heart beat and someone being sick a few steps in front of you. It's cold, it's windy and all you have is a head torch to guide your way. It's summit night on Kilimanjaro and it's about to be the …
For the past year I have been fundraising in order to take part in Childreach International's Summit to Sea Challenge. This involved me climbing Mount Toubkal and trekking along the Moroccan coast line in every weather condition imaginable. Instead of writing a day by day blog of my experience in Morocco, like I did with …
Our last day in the village of Marigha. We felt so welcomed and accepted by the people in the village that it made us sad to think we had to leave. I know that we will all miss the children so much. In terms of building work we were back to sand chaining and shovelling. …
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