#11 Retiring Teacher preparing to teach in China (Photos from the early visit)

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If there are any native English-speakers with college degrees, opportunities are available to teach at many educational institutions all around China. From private English Academies to State Universities, efforts are made throughout China to recruit English speaking teachers for 1 month to 1 year contracts or longer. You may wish to review my previous blogs for more information about my experiences so far with Taizhou Teachers College near Shanghai, and follow my entries as I continue to prepare to leave for China in May. In the mean time, permit me to post a few additional photos from my visit this past summer. I hope you will enjoy them.

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Photos

The Hot-Pot
The hot-pot is a meal of fresh vegetables and various fresh meats, boiled until done to individual taste. It reminded me somewhat of the
Fondues of Switzerland.

Chinese Wedding Photo
The photographer captures the bride in very typical western wedding-gown.

one-child policy
Though controversial in the West, the one child policy seems acceptable to most Chinese I spoke with. They are willing to balance sufficient food and housing with fewer births, to provide greater stability for the 1.4 billion mouths to house and to feed. They call each of their child "The Little Emperor"

Visit with a monk
For an hour, this monk spoke to Arthur Lee and myself, though I could not understand a word, his enthusiasm was captivating.

Temple Offerings
I visited many temples, none were closed to me, and all were shown to me by monks with great pride. I also visited a number of Catholic Churches whose front door were open for anyone to step inside.