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Getting Ready and Settling Down

Nov. 6, 2016 10:30 pm Beijing, China 大家好! Once again, I find myself in a spot where I’m having difficulty finding a good story to share with you. Today was another early morning at work. I spent the first hour observing Ashlee teach the Small Stars (3-6 year olds) class that we will be sharing. Afterwards, I spent four hours co-teaching with Adam in his

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I Can’t Breathe

Nov. 5, 2016 9:00 pm Beijing, China 大家好! Let’s see… what story can I tell you today? Hmm. Oh, I know! How about I tell you about the exciting adventure of my first weekend work day. For those of you who are unaware, weekends at EF are the busiest day. We start work at 8:15 in the morning and have continuous classes until 6:30 at

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Striving For Normal

Nov. 4, 2016 11:30 pm Beijing, China Hello everyone! It was so nice today to go to work and know that I had an apartment to come home to. It wasn’t like I thought I was going to be thrown out on the streets, but I definitely felt safer today than I have the past two days. There’s still stuff that needs to get sorted

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Abba is Good!

Nov. 3, 2016 10:45 pm Beijing, China So now I kinda feel a little guilty. I wrote that post yesterday about being kicked out of my apartment. But now I get to tell you that I can actually stay in my apartment! Of course, I’m super excited about that (I literally jumped up and squealed when I found out), but I feel bad for making

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Orientation, Work

Today’s the Day!!!!!!!!

Oct. 31, 2016 11:00 pm Beijing, China Today’s the Day!!!!!!!!! Today was my first full day at my center! I got there a little before 2:00 pm, Beijing time. Yeah, during the week my earliest start time is like 1:15. Don’t get too jealous, though, because I work until 8:30. Also, I don’t have the actual weekend off. I get two days off during the

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