My School!

The first day of the rest of my life

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September 8th 2008
I’m here! I met my headmaster and contact teacher at a contract signing ceremony in the hotel this morning and then moved straight to my school. There’s a Walmart right across the street, and I don’t even feel bad shopping at it. The area is really nice: there’s a park, plenty of restaurants and convenience stores, a China Construction Bank (Bank of America, I love you), and it’s mostly ... read more

Asia » China » Guangdong » Shenzhen

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more