The True Cost of Living in China
The cost of living in China can vary depending on where you live. If you live in either Shanghai or [...]
Don’t Forget to Breathe
By James Prescott-Kerr When you’re abroad and know you have limited time in your new destination, you may feel pressured [...]
Life After Quarantine: My First Two Weeks in China
Once I left quarantine, I was intrigued to experience the “real” China. You are constantly told that China is the [...]
How to Bounce Back from a Bad Lesson
By Oscar Meyrick, teacher in Xuzhou (2017-2019) So, you’ve just had a bad lesson. Maybe your students were distracted and naughty, perhaps they were half asleep and there wasn’t any energy, or maybe you just couldn’t get them to understand the material. […]
Teacher Black: My Year in China, by James-Prescott Kerr
When @jamesprescottkerr packed his bags and headed to Changzhou in 2015, he had no idea his adventure would later become [...]
The End of My First Year Teaching in China
By Shawn Wright, Teacher in Nanjing 2019 – 2020 With the end of the school year looming, it’s been a [...]
Life After Lockdown in Nanjing
By Shawn Wright, Teacher in Nanjing 2019 – 2020 It’s been around 6 weeks since I was released from quarantine. [...]
What A 14-Day Quarantine in China Was Like
By Shawn Wright, Teacher in Nanjing 2019 – 2020 My experience of mandatory quarantine in China wasn’t nearly as bad [...]
Essential apps for your time in China
By Shawn Wright, Teacher in Nanjing 2019 – 2020 As I’m sure you may well know, all of the schools [...]
How to Build a Rapport with your Students
Natasha Lock, State School Teacher in Suzhou It’s true what they say, first impressions are everything. And even more so [...]
The Run Up to Chinese New Year
By Shawn Wright, Teacher in Nanjing 2019 – 2020 Everyone’s favourite period of the Chinese school year was here, Spring [...]
How Did Moving to China Impact my Future? What’s Next?
By Jessie, teacher on our Private School Teaching Program in Fuzhou, 2017-onwards Often times both before and during my trip [...]