Upcoming travels, Next stop: BEIJING

BY ONEIKA RAYMOND


I swore that I would cool down with the travelling until summer, but sometimes good opportunities come up that you just can’t say no to. The Grade 7’s at my school are going on a 5-day field trip to Beijing, and they needed teacher supervisors, so…
I threw my name into the ring and was bestowed with the honour of wrangling 120 twelve-year-olds for the better part of a week.

We are going from April 26th to 30th, which gives me just enough time to get my documents in for a new Chinese visa. The trip also comes at a perfect time because it is right in between when my family comes to visit in April and I get back the day before the Liebling comes to visit me.

Next stop, the Great Wall of China!! Woohoo!!

SHARING IS CARING

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  • Oh, my, gosh!! The Great Wall is on my list. Damn, you so lucky! I am GREEN with envy over here.

  • Hey Nikita, I was wondering if I could ask you a question.. or two. I know that you taught English in Moneterey, Mexico a couple of years ago. My friend who lives in California wants to try teaching English in Mexico too.. which leads me to the questions: What program did you use? Did you have to get the TESOL? If you could answer these questions I would really appreciate it 🙂

  • rhonalala: will be sure to post pics!! don't be green…get packin'! 😉

    elizabeth: Thanks for reading! Yup, I taught in Monterrey during 2007-2008… While I taught English, it wasn't ESL… It was English Lit… Grade 9 English to be exact! I was teaching at an international school that was based on the American high school curriculum. So I taught novels like "To Kill A MockingBird", etc… Basically just like how a high school English class in the States or Canada would be… I have a teaching degree that certifies me to teach English and French from Grades 7 to 12…

    However, that being said, there are tons of jobs teaching ESL worldwide… I think for most of them you need some sort of certificate like the TESOL but not sure..

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