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A recent grad in my early 20's hailing from Seattle, USA. This year I'm teaching English at a high school in Ningbo, China. Read along and have a laugh as I share my ridiculous adventures around Asia!
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Women’s Day
Last Thursday I received a text from Lynn: “(101) 7:55-8:35, (109) 9:40-10:20, (103) 10:30-11:10. The time for class has been changed tomorrow because of the celebrating activity.” “Celebrating activity?” I replied. “Will you meet us at the front gate of … Continue reading
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Help Me Win a Free Trip to Hong Kong!
Hi everyone! I created a photo essay and a video for a contest with the company that sent me to China, AYC. I’m hoping you can all take a few minutes out of your busy lives to vote for my submission … Continue reading
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Tagged Ameson Year in China, AYC, China, contest, ESL, Hong Kong, Ningbo, photo essay, teach abroad, travel, Video, vote, win, Yunnan
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Adventure Awaits
AYC is having its first annual photo essay and video competitions. Naturally, I entered both, because let’s face it, what else am I going to do with my time? My last post, This is Home, was my photo essay contribution, and … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, Ameson, Ameson Year in China, AYC, Beijing, China, competition, contest, culture, ESL, Guilin, Harbin, Malaysia, National Day, New Year, Ningbo, rice terraces, Shanghai, Spring Festival, teach abroad, teaching, Thanksgiving, travel, Video, Vietnam, youtube
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This is Home: A Photo Essay of My Ningbo Experience
I thought I was immune to culture shock. I studied abroad in China for seven months and I speak Chinese almost fluently. I’ve been jostled in China’s largest cities, and stranded in some of China’s smallest towns. I’ve traveled to … Continue reading
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Tagged Ameson, Ameson Year in China, AYC, boarding school, China, Chinese high school, Chinese students, competition, contest, culture, English, ESL, experience, factory, high school, life, Ningbo, Ningbo Wuxiang High School, photo essay, rural, teach, Wuxiang
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The 14% Student: Why Guanxi Kills My Soul
In my last post I talked about my experience giving final exams and grades to almost 1,000 students. I also mentioned that I had to fail 2/900 of my students. This is the story of the student who earned a 14%. … Continue reading
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My Husband Won’t Let Me Eat Ice Cream
Last Tuesday I acquired a Chinese husband…. just kidding. Last Tuesday morning I received a text from Lora, “All the English teachers will have buffet this evening. Would you wait at the school gate at 4:30pm?” Okay? Thanks for the … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, Ameson Year in China, AYC, buffet, China, cold, crab, culture, ESL, family, hot, hot water, ice cream, medicine, miscarriage, Ningbo, one child policy, pregnancy, pressure, teaching english, travel
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My Spontaneous New Years Trip
This year, the Chinese government gave everyone Wednesday January 1st off for the Western New Year. Since I work at a boarding school, the administration wanted to give the students Thursday and Friday off as well, so that they could … Continue reading
My Not-So-Merry Christmas
For some reason Chinese people believe that Christmas Eve is a big deal. Maybe they think it’s like New Years Eve or something, I’m not quite sure. Regardless, all of the English teachers wanted to celebrate with me on Christmas … Continue reading
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Tagged banquet, celebrate, China, Chinese, Christmas, Christmas eve, corn juice, dinner, driving, ESL, fish, food, food poisoning, holiday, hospital, IV, Laowaitan, medicine, Ningbo, shopping, teaching, Tianyi, travel
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The Apocalypse Has Arrived
This week Ningbo and the rest of Eastern China have been hit with what I can only describe as “apocalyptic pollution”. I thought this kind of stuff only happened near Beijing?! On Wednesday, the pollution AQI (air quality index) was … Continue reading
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Tagged air pollution, API, AQI, AYC, China, East coast, ESL, face mask, Forbes, Hazardous, lung cancer, Ningbo, pollution, Shanghai, smog, travel
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ADVENTURES AROUND ASIA 