whothefisAlice
Well-Known Member
Well the Alaska job has gone (for women only it turned out, and I had been talked out of it regardless), so I have turned my attention to China. I went to China (and once did a thread on here about China, which went down brilliantly) back in 2006 on a Cultural Exchange program through my university here in Florida. I promised to return as I took the last step out of Beijing International and onto the plane back to the U.S...
Alas, I have been in contact with an agency who have found a school for me in the capital and largest city of the province I taught in back in 2006, Jiangxi. Nanchang, Jiangxi has a population of about 5,000,000, and a tropical climate, with short winters and quite long, hot and humid summers. The weather is not too dissimilar to what we have here in Florida and would not take much getting used to...the occasional frost in winter, and sometimes creeping into the mid-90's in summer. I can live with that...have done for 14 years. The city is an agricultural hub and is rich with culture and history, and has ample modern transportation links to and from it. Geographically it is in S.E China, so travel to S.E Asia would be feasable, and (as far as I am aware) it is not to far from Shanghai, Chengdu (where the pandas are), Taiwan and the like.
From the boy who cried wolf about Alaska, what do we think about this one Blues? Certainly is a completely different ball game this lads, but as many of you have said before, I have nothing to lose.
I would be taking a teaching contract for a year, with airfare reimbursed at the conclusion. I would be teaching about 18-25 hours a week on average, leaving ample spare time to learn the language, live like a king, travel, get with Chinese birds, and explore the nation I fell in love with 5 years ago.
Go for it?
Next time I do one of these, it won't be to ask for advice, it will be something like 'Greetings from Timbuktu Blues...my new home'.
Alas, I have been in contact with an agency who have found a school for me in the capital and largest city of the province I taught in back in 2006, Jiangxi. Nanchang, Jiangxi has a population of about 5,000,000, and a tropical climate, with short winters and quite long, hot and humid summers. The weather is not too dissimilar to what we have here in Florida and would not take much getting used to...the occasional frost in winter, and sometimes creeping into the mid-90's in summer. I can live with that...have done for 14 years. The city is an agricultural hub and is rich with culture and history, and has ample modern transportation links to and from it. Geographically it is in S.E China, so travel to S.E Asia would be feasable, and (as far as I am aware) it is not to far from Shanghai, Chengdu (where the pandas are), Taiwan and the like.
From the boy who cried wolf about Alaska, what do we think about this one Blues? Certainly is a completely different ball game this lads, but as many of you have said before, I have nothing to lose.
I would be taking a teaching contract for a year, with airfare reimbursed at the conclusion. I would be teaching about 18-25 hours a week on average, leaving ample spare time to learn the language, live like a king, travel, get with Chinese birds, and explore the nation I fell in love with 5 years ago.
Go for it?
Next time I do one of these, it won't be to ask for advice, it will be something like 'Greetings from Timbuktu Blues...my new home'.