Any teacher worth his or her salt comes to a crossroad in their ESL career. Now grant it I have been only teaching for 7 months, so career may be too strong of word, but never the less, I do sometimes wonder why I am teaching. When I first came to China it was very exciting, fresh faced, bright eyed curious Chinese students hanging on every word, the reactions to telling them things about the USA, or other parts of the world was very fulfilling. But now, well, with all the changes taking place in China, the economy, the struggle for awareness, the Socialist state, the Communist state, it just has stopped making sense anymore. I suppose the job offers time to see the world, relax, try new foods, be something different than your friends
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