Since writing a detailed post on my volunteering experience in China, I’ve had a few questions from friends about what day-to-day life was actually like. Life as a volunteer was the complete opposite to life as a backpacker and this was something Alice and I both had to adjust to quickly. Furthermore, life in China in general is completely […]
The Volunteer Series: My Experience
Deciding to volunteer in China as part of my gap year was relatively simple: I knew I wanted to come back to China for a length of time (since I’m originally from China) and I wanted to volunteer as a teacher for the experience. Not only is teaching a potential career for me in the […]
The Volunteer Series: TEFL in Photos | Chengdu
For the past two months I’ve been volunteering as an English teacher in Chengdu, China. I taught sixteen classes a week: 10 junior (year 8) and 6 senior (year 11). As part of my volunteer series, I’ve put together a post of my past two months in photos. Included are: some bits of my two-day […]