Category: Jinzhou Stories

19 Dec

Chinese Dentists

North Americans probably have the best dental care in the world. One of the first things I noticed when I first started travelling was that in other countries, you see lots of rotten teeth. This is true in China, but no more so than in other places I have visited, such as Europe [...]

13 Oct

Paint-by-Numbers

One of the first things I noticed about China was the spray paint. At first, it seemed like every wall was tagged. The tags were numbers, not names. I figured one tagger was responsible for all of them, and he was sequentially numbering his work. But when I did the math, I figured he would’ve [...]

09 Jul

Chumble Spuzz!

A colleague of ours found this set of building blocks to help children learn English. One of the things that is so amazing about teaching English as a foreign language is that it forces you to rethink components of English you take for granted and experience the language in a completely new way. With that [...]

07 Jul

Go South

Classes ended over a week ago, and we have had plenty of time to laze around. Josh decided that with nothing better to do, it might be fun to apply for a job. We sent our resumes to a school in the far south of the PRC. Within a day or so, [...]