[kpan217]

Hi, my name is Kat and I've been in China for about 2 months now, teaching a real range of age groups and English levels, from 80 minute high school classes, to two classes that are 3 hours long with high schoolers and adults. I'm teaching class sizes of 30+, which is more reasonable than 60+ in any case, down to some with only 5-6 students. Since my only experience prior to this was a short volunteering stint in a different part of the country last year with middle schoolers, pretty much every day has been a learning experience. That said, I'm totally excited to have come across this site at last, especially since it's so hard to find other teachers in this part of the country. Thanks for keeping everything so organized and accessible, I definitely plan on taking advantage of EVERYTHING.

[musica]

WOW It sounds like you certainly have constant challenges but a great attitude.
Welcome to this site, it is full of great ideas, and great contributors.

[livinginkorea]

Welcome kat and contribute as much as you can! It's great to see more and more teachers from distant lands coming here!

[Eric]

Welcome, Kat! Are parts of China considered Mongolia?

[kpan217]

Thanks! So, to make sure I didn't make anything up in my response here, I asked my roommate how she would have answered this question. First, there is a country called Mongolia, and that is not where I am (I had a lot of friends back home be very impressed with me because they made this mistake). Back in the day, all of Mongolia was a part of China, but after WWII, it became independent (with help from the Russians?). However, there's a part that still belongs to China, and that is the province of Inner Mongolia, where Han Chinese are still very much the majority. So actually, it's not that this part of China is considered Mongolia, but this part of Mongolia is considered a part of China. Ta da!

[Eric]

Very interesting. Thanks for the explanation.