Ed Dawes

So after a 3 hour coach journey after spending the night in Shanghai, me and an english speaking Mexican girl who had arrived Thursday evening, we arrived in Hangzhou. This was the location we was to carry out our orientation. It was by far much hotter and a little less polluted here in comparison to Shanghai although the sky's were still very white. We met with a Chinese correspondent to the Tefl china group and made our way to their head office. Here we completed extra paperwork and had a living in china orientation. So topics came up such as political views, telling us not to mention or talk about topics including the going ons in countries bordering china etc. Censorship is a very big deal for the local government in china. Generations would grow up ... read more

I'm completely new to this blogger business. Do I introduce myself? Or am I to conclude that who ever is reading this will probably know me and be reading this on purpose, so to that one individual 'Hi' Well my name is Ed, I am 22 and have just finished studying Sport and Exercise Science at Sheffield Hallam University. As soon as I tell someone that I am thinking about or going to china to become an EFL Teacher, depending how far back I go, they have always first asked that one word question 'why?'. So what have? Well I will try and keep it structured enough not to confuse anyone. So for the past 6 years I have had numerous jobs working with children with SEN. This has included being a disability Sports instructor, a ... read more