by Alison | Feb 26, 2025 | Blog, Just Life
Conversations with taxi (or didi in China) drivers are almost always interesting. One guy in my city told me about the interesting things people had him transport—like a cat without anyone accompanying the cat. Someone just dropped it off and someone else picked it up...
by Alison | Feb 20, 2025 | Stories (Chinese)
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by Alison | Feb 20, 2025 | Stories (English)
Inspiration Words: Bottle and Disappear Wang Mingge (wahng meeng guh) stared at the piece of chalk in her hand that was poised over the blackboard. She knew her students were watching her, and her heart pounded. How do you spell hierarchy? Is it purely phonetic or is...
by Alison | Dec 10, 2024 | Blog, Chinese Language and Culture, Just Life
Last year, I got to teach a cross-cultural communication class for the first time. This has been one of my favorite classes to teach. We had a team of teachers teaching the class for different students, but last semester was the first time the class was compulsory, so...
by Alison | Dec 3, 2024 | Blog, Just Life
The last couple of weeks have been the season of activities and competitions! Last week, I had three different activities at my school or other schools. So what are some of the activities that foreign teachers here in China might be expected to or asked to attend as...
