It’s no secret that life in China is vastly different from life in Western countries. There are some cultural differences that I never got used to. Why do people feel the need to spit all the time? And how hard is it for a butcher to simply cut around the bone [...]
If a word or phrase is spoken more than it is written, the correct spelling can be difficult to remember. This is a common problem with exclamations, e.g., whoa, aw, whoops, etc. As you might imagine, these exclamations don’t find their way into written prose all that often, and when they do, [...]
When I moved back to America from China and began job hunting, I wasn’t exactly sure how to update my resume. Why would people care that I taught Chinese children or dabbled in the Mandarin language? How would these experiences prepare me for new jobs? After reading numerous websites about job [...]
