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Facilities: Generally pretty good. There are interactive white boards (although sometimes they work, sometimes not), but I tend just to stick with using the technology for projecting photos as I’m always very wary of death by powerpoint. The school printer is available and functioning, and I have a desk in one of the teaching offices. The school has a canteen which is relatively cheap to eat at, although I’m a fairly fussy eater and usually go for a bit more choice in the centre of the neighbourhood (15 minute walk). Location: I am a short walk from the local shops, the nearest…
Teaching facilities – Top notch. They have a kind of interactive whiteboard/computer thingy as well as two whiteboards, which can make the teaching job itself much easier. The also have course books for each teacher to stick to. Location – It’s a small town in the middle of nowhere, two hours coach drive from Hangzhou. Lots of the other teachers seemed to be within an hour of Hangzhou so it dismayed me to discover that I was miles away from the nearest foreigner. There’s bugger all to do here. The locals’ idea of a Saturday night is either to go…
Two and a bit weeks in and I’ve experienced the full emotional spectrum, witnessing two alarmingly contrasting sides to my character in the process. First, shamefully, was the despairing shambles of a guy blatantly out of his depth, forsaking the mistake of ever having came to China in the first place. ‘I could be at home right now, where life was so easy…’. On the other hand, I’ve also experienced what I like to think of as ‘Michael Palin’ moments – the intrepid explorer striding confident and curious into the unknown. Firstly, I should probably get it out the way…