China, Educate, Guangzhou, Huadu, Humanities, Introspection

Unabated Frustrations

Its been a little over two weeks since my last post and the near impossibilities of trying to teach rich and wonderful, but conceptually challenging subjects to students who barely speak a few words of English, have hit me harder than I'd like to admit. After my last post there was a five day national… Continue reading Unabated Frustrations

China, Educate, Guangzhou, High School, Humanities

A Rough Start

A disturbing, satirical, perplexing, and very frustrating two weeks have just flown by.  As you know the school I am working for, the actual building, was far from complete the week before we were to open. Miraculous work took place and we are now in the buildings.  Unfortunately the need to open the buildings/school on time… Continue reading A Rough Start