Comments on: Chinagog: Why You Need A Break From Teaching To Fall In Love With It http://beijingcream.com/2013/03/chinagog-why-you-need-a-break-from-teaching-to-fall-in-love-with-it/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Greg Donohue http://beijingcream.com/2013/03/chinagog-why-you-need-a-break-from-teaching-to-fall-in-love-with-it/#comment-219119 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 04:18:40 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=11182#comment-219119 Sorry. Syntax can be quite the sonofabitch and I hadn’t caught that. “China does most of the work for a writer.” Is that better?

]]> By: Greg Donohue http://beijingcream.com/2013/03/chinagog-why-you-need-a-break-from-teaching-to-fall-in-love-with-it/#comment-219112 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 01:54:26 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=11182#comment-219112 Whoops, hadn’t noticed that. Thanks for pointing it out (seriously). I’ll get to work on writing my self-criticisms right away.

]]> By: Liuzhou Laowai http://beijingcream.com/2013/03/chinagog-why-you-need-a-break-from-teaching-to-fall-in-love-with-it/#comment-219055 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 05:47:38 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=11182#comment-219055 “As a writer, living in China does most of the work for you.”

Er? Work on your English before lecturing us.

]]> By: Jonathan Alpart http://beijingcream.com/2013/03/chinagog-why-you-need-a-break-from-teaching-to-fall-in-love-with-it/#comment-219050 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:23:06 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=11182#comment-219050 There’s actually this awesome graphic novel about the teaching experience in China…too lazy to find the link now but it looks pretty poignant and artful.

]]> By: Laoshu http://beijingcream.com/2013/03/chinagog-why-you-need-a-break-from-teaching-to-fall-in-love-with-it/#comment-219046 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:57:52 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=11182#comment-219046 Yep, just confirms it.. teachers often come to China because “experiencing an existential crisis.. 5 more years as.. screams looser to me”..

Now one wonders why some Chinese dont like Laowai’s

]]> By: narsfweasels http://beijingcream.com/2013/03/chinagog-why-you-need-a-break-from-teaching-to-fall-in-love-with-it/#comment-219043 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 02:51:18 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=11182#comment-219043 Likely the same place he found the Laowai Comics guy. But for some bizarre reason, he kept both of them instead of just this one. *shrug*

]]> By: Jonathan Alpart http://beijingcream.com/2013/03/chinagog-why-you-need-a-break-from-teaching-to-fall-in-love-with-it/#comment-219042 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 02:45:48 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=11182#comment-219042 “I always envisioned myself as a novelist-poet who would be constantly waylaid by a “real job” until my dream of being published came true.”

Tao, where did you find this unique snowflake?

]]> By: Sam http://beijingcream.com/2013/03/chinagog-why-you-need-a-break-from-teaching-to-fall-in-love-with-it/#comment-219033 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:51:48 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=11182#comment-219033 Not a bad article on the whole, but are you going state that you’re a “damn good teacher” in every post? A little humility goes a long way – Confucius had a few things to say about that too.

]]> By: Owain Lloyd-Williams http://beijingcream.com/2013/03/chinagog-why-you-need-a-break-from-teaching-to-fall-in-love-with-it/#comment-219032 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:46:06 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=11182#comment-219032 Fantastic stuff – I myself went through all those dilemmas (and I especially love your novelist/poet reference – I feel the same!) And as an introvert at heart myself TEFL did wonders for making me express myself without fear in at times daunting situations. I’m a writer myself now in China though I do miss the students from time to time.

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