I am an Ex Brit,now living in Jerusalem, and recently retired from teaching High School English as a Foreign Language.
I love my life, (my home ,my family) but my current dream (apart from more traveling, my continual obsession) is to spend a year or so living and teaching in China. Having come back from a fabulous trip there, I think that it would be a great experience, and the Chinese people are so open and friendly, and desperately in need of English teachers.
Hopefully I can take early retirement soon and fulfill my dream…
Update: Dream coming true! Taken early retirement we are off to teach in Hangzhou,China for a year.
I found your blog both interesting and inspiring! I would like to subscribe!
thanks Naomi. Your article in the Etai Forum arrived yesterday and was excellent, btw.
Hey Ruth,
Great blog!
I found you on twitter and just wanted to see if you would be interested in joining our team of writers (pro bono unfortunately). We are a online backpacker travel Mag.
http://www.thisboundlessworld.com
Thanks!
Daniel
Dear Daniel
Thanks for the compliment! I really don’t think that I can write for your blog as I only travel about twice a year.And I am hoping to be working in China next year and I don’t know how things will be over there yet.
Thanks again,I will check out the travel blog.
Ruth
Hello, Ruth!
I saw your profile at edufire.com.
Would you tell me about your English classes?
Please let me know at my email: amargosha@gmail.com
Best regards,
Olga
Do visit the Xi XI Wetlands National Park near Hangzhou if you get the time and enjoy a great day out there. We stopped here off the highway for the total solar eclipse in 2009 and also visit the Tidal Bore nearby.
I feel your excitement when you live with Chinese people. I hope you have great time there. Maybe you were not familiar with Chinese food at first but gradually you may becomed addicted to them:) I just guess. Best regards,
Tuyet
Dear Ruth,
I am happy to see your lovely photos. You seem really happy and enjoy every minute of it my friend.Maybe one day I will visit china and see the amazing places. Best wishes.
thank you for all your good wishes Leyla and I hope to be back on EC one of these days! give my best to Demet.
Hi Erica!
I have also only been here since September and you are right the language is really really difficult. I now have a student who is helping me in exchange for english conversation but it is really a struggle and I thought it would be a piece of cake since I already know 4 languages lol.Anyway thanks for your comments!
Hi Ruth, read your blog from beginning to end and it was and is fascinating. Thanks for sharing. Saw the link on ETNI list. Sounds great and really does give me food for thought. Barry