A Year Working for the People's Republic of China | The People are the Heroes Now
Finally, it’s time: On my second Thursday in China, Green Tea — one of the music teachers — sends me a text: I’m to meet with Ms. Music at the music department. The music department is just past the main gate of the school: a compound of three squat, drab rectangles. I don’t know what’s … Continue reading The Deep End
A little over halfway through orientation week, I am summoned from the nothingness of Groupless existence: all the foreign teachers are routed to the main hall for a series of informational sessions. The first piece of information nestled in the informational sessions is that we don’t actually have Chinese visas. We might think that we … Continue reading You’re Going to Lose Your Passport, Then Die in the Street
