Shanghai, China
As many of you know already, I just accepted a position at a international school in Shanghai, China!
I never thought at all that I would be living in China. I wasn’t really even considering that country during my job search this year. However, I really feel like I have made a good choice with a great opportunity that was presented to me.
It is going to be a good career choice for me. It is a British school, so I will get some experience with UK based curriculum. I’m actually going to be 1 of 2 American teachers working at that school. The rest are either from the UK or Australia! I’m assuming that the students there will talk with a British accent. J Also, the school has a nice team of EAL (English as an Additional Language) teachers, so I should really enjoy working them.
The school is called Shanghai Rego International School. There website is found here – http://www.srisrego.com/default.htm
It is going to be a great travel choice for me. I really didn’t know much about China if I’m being honest. But now that I have watched this program on the BBC called Wild China, I now realize how cool and beautiful China really can be. Also, I really haven’t been to many places in Asia, so I’ll be excited to go on vacations in Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, etc… The weather in Shanghai seems to be very similar to the weather in Barcelona, so there shouldn’t be much of a change there. It might be a little colder in shanghai during the winter, but there is no snow that falls.
So, with that being said, please come and visit me!!! I should have ample space for visitors in my new apartment there. I will be coming home to MN for about a month this summer, but then I will leave for Shanghai around August 12th.
I found some pictures of Shanghai on Flickr.com
Oh, I am behind on my Ron news. How exciting!