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Scholastic school wuhan

Teaching English at Scholastic in Wuhan China. My story.

You’re standing at the immigration desk as the official squints and winces at your passport photo. Are you who you say you are? What is your business in China? You tell him you’re here to teach English. Where? This stumps you. You’ve certainly seen an address, kindly sent to you over WeChat by your school’s HR rep, but it’s all so alien to you that you don’t know what to say. Scholastic? He repeats the word in his Chinese way – with scepticism. You show him the address. His expression remains fixed. He takes what seems hours scrutinising your passport…

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