I awoke at 4:30 AM, met Shannon (my intern), and we hailed a cab to the bus station on Remin Da Jie. It would have been a cold walk. We wait...

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of ...

Yesterday, in the hallway of the third best high school in China, where I teach middle school and high school students once a week, I stoppe...

On Saturday, I took a three hour bus trip, which ended up being 4.5 hours, to Jinshanling--a section of the Great Wall of China in Hebei Pro...

Some of you who read my earlier post may have misinterpreted what I said. I am staying in China and not going to Australia. So why mention A...

I had one. Everybody has to have one every once in a while. Everybody else I work with seemingly got very sick from the moon-cakes that ...

Happy? No, of course not, but here in China--this year--it is sandwiched between Teacher's Day and Mid-Autumn Festival. In fact, for me ...