Dec. 1, 2016 10:30 pm Beijing, China Want to know the hardest thing about my job? It’s the planning. Going into class and hanging out with the students isn’t hard at all. Granted, there are a few classes that are worse than others, but overall I love teaching my students. I’m still struggling with a few things, like timing and behavior management, but I’m working
Warlord Tour
Nov. 30, 2016 1:30 am Beijing, China Okay, I’m a little late getting this up. I didn’t realize how late it had actually gotten. Oops. Have you ever gone on a tour? Like a real tour with a tour guide who tells you information about the place you’re visiting? As a traveller, I have been on many tours across the world, but, no matter how
What A Day
Nov. 19, 2016 11:30 pm Beijing, China Do you know what the best thing to hear after a really long day of work? A “good job” from your boss. I promise this blog is not going to be me saying, “Oh, look, I’m such a great teacher. Every thing is perfect and this is all a breeze.” It is anything but. Yet, it was still
The Teacher’s Office
Nov. 18, 2016 10:30 pm Beijing, China So what does a teacher at EF do when they don’t have any classes for the day? Here’s what we do. We sit on our phones and play Tetris. We are free to leave work at whatever time we like to do whatever it is we want. But, most importantly, we organize marshmallow gun wars with the students
Trusting in Peace
Nov. 14, 2016 11:30 pm Beijing, China Hello, everyone, I originally started this blog post by saying, “I’m going to follow up a super long post with another short post.” Now, though, I feel like the time I opened a letter from Dad that started with, “I’m just going to write you a quick note…” and it ended up being six pages long. I promise