An Interview with Sarah from China!

Happy Birthday, Sarah!  In honor of Sarah’s birthday, I thought it might be nice to ask her a few questions about her experience in China (so far).

Here are the questions and her responses.

What do you miss the most? Family and friends

What do you wish you had taken with you? More towels because all the towels are very small and strange here.

What do you like the best about teaching English in China? The students and how friendly everyone is.

What is the most surprising thing you have discovered about the Chinese people? Chinese people really care about social status. Also, babies poop in the street until they are seven.

What is the most surprising thing you have discovered about yourself on this trip? I am more Chinese than American. haha.

What makes you happy there? My husband and teaching a really good lesson.

What makes you sad? Not having many women to talk to. Also, how discarded some people are from society. Like the street sweepers.

What is your favorite food so far?Jiaozi or pot stickers.

What size are your classes? 20-25 students

What age are your students? 18-21 although I have one business English class with older men.

What do you want to bring home with you?A fan, a Chinese dress, and nunchucks

What do you enjoy the most? We enjoy going out to the track at about 8:30 pm and running with the community and practicing nunchucks, playing Kungfu or TaiChi, and doing acrobats. The community is wonderful here. The nightlife is especially interesting.

What has made you say WOW? Children walking across busy traffic by themselves and masterfully navigating through the cars is pretty amazing. They are much more brave and skilled than I.

If you have questions you would like answers to leave them in the comment box below and I will see what I can do!

If you would like you can send her birthday wishes at sarahnseth@yahoo.com or leave a comment on here as she is able to read this blog.

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