Welcome to my new blog. Most of you are probably thinking, "Kambrie made another blog? She's already made two and they are the worst blogs I've ever visited." While that might be true, I promise this one will be better.
Why??
Because it is on this blog that I will be recording my entire adventure in.....CHINA!
Yes. China. I am going to China. I still can't believe it. I'm sure if I've come in contact with you at all in the last 3 months, I've told you all about it. But in case I haven't, let me tell you here.
You might be wondering why on Earth I'm even going to China so lets start there. Well, Last fall I got a letter in the mail inviting me to an info meeting for a program called International Language Program (ILP). Usually I would just throw these sorts of things away and think to myself, "Kambrie you will never be able to do that," but this time I actually started reading through it. It explained that if I went to the info meeting, I could learn more about volunteering to teach English abroad. So I thought about it and then shoved the idea to the back of my mind. However, it just kept coming back to the front. I couldn't stop picturing myself in China, teaching the cute little Chinese children. So I went to the info meeting. Then I was hooked. I begged my parents to let me go, and after they thought about it for a very long while, they finally agreed to let me go.
So, I'm going to teach English to little Chinese chillens for a whole semester!
At the end of august I am shipping out. After 17 hours in a plane, I will finally land on Asian ground in a little city call Hong Kong (hahaha). We get to spend 2 nights and one full day in Hong Kong where I'm hoping to meet up with some family. After Hong Kong we will head to the schools where we will be teaching.
The school I am going to is in a place called Xiaolan, which is a township in Zhongshan, which is a city in the province Guangdong. Brain overload? Basically I'm going to a town in south east China.
If you're still confused, let me make it really obvious.
It is at that red dot that I think it will set in. When I smell the smoggy air of my new home. When they plop a big ol' chicken foot on my plate and expect me to munch it down. Eek...we will stay away from those topic for now.
People are always asking me how on earth I'm going to teach children English if I don't know Chinese. That is a very good question that I was wondering as well. Then I went to the training and it all made sense. You see, if I know how to speak Chinese, the children will use it as a crutch and they wont be forced to use their cute little Asian heads and speak the language their parents are paying for them to learn. The teaching method we use is actually really cool. We basically come up with fun activities for the children, and then we make them talk talk talk all day long. There is a lot more to it, but I don't feel like going into great detail. The method has proven to be very effective though.
Another thing people ask me is if I will be able to travel outside of my teaching city. The answer is YES YES YES! That is one of the main reasons I chose to go through ILP. As long as we are there to teach the kids, and we have our lessons planned, we are allowed to go roam China as we wish. Everyone I've met who has gone to China through ILP has told us that they were able to travel ALL over china. From the very top to bottom, east to west. I can't wait!
I think that about sums it up! If you can't tell, I'm pretty excited. Make sure to check up on this blog every once in a while if you want to know what I'm up to because I wont be on Facebook.
19 DAYS!
-Kambrie
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