This opportunity to teach English abroad was exactly what I needed at the time, I definitely do not regret this at all! Jaemi and The Fewer Things were incredibly helpful in the lengthy preparation process to work in China. Jaemi was always available if I had any questions or concerns, and with something this life changing it made me feel so much more in control and prepared.
The summer training camp in Beijing was a little more intense than I'd been told, but it actually worked out because as a first time teacher it left me little room to get nervous about teaching.
If you did this all over again, what's one thing you would change?
While I don't regret taking up this amazing once in a lifetime opportunity, I do regret not having learnt the basics of Mandarin before I came out here. It makes your life SO much easier to be able to say even a few things, and makes your environment a little less scary as you recognise some characters.
