{"id":2481,"date":"2013-12-04T21:13:54","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T21:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/?p=2481"},"modified":"2013-12-04T21:18:52","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T21:18:52","slug":"blogs-international-school-teachers-international-school-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/blogs-international-school-teachers-international-school-teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogs of international school teachers: \u201cChris Chow Fun\u201d (An international school teacher at the Western Academy of Beijing)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you inspired to start up a blog about your adventures living abroad?<\/p>\n

Our 34th blog that we would like to highlight is called\u00a0\u201cChris Chow Fun – A Foodie Hipster’s Journey to the Far East\u201d\u00a0 Check out the blog entries of this international school educator who currently works at Western Academy of Beijing<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(30 Total Comments on our website) in China.<\/p>\n

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A few entries that we would like to highlight:<\/p>\n

Winning at International Job\u00a0Fairs<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI know this has been done before, but everyone has their own unique experiences when attending international job fairs, so I figured I\u2019d share some tips, based on MY experience at the Search Associates fair in Cambridge in February 2012. It was my first job fair, I was single, and I didn\u2019t have a stable, full-time job in the States, so if you\u2019ve been to fairs in the past, are married, and\/or love your current position, things will most likely be very different for you.\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Well this type of sharing, about the intense experience of attending an\u00a0international\u00a0school recruitment fair, is always welcome and very needed in our international school community. \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

It is great to mention that a single person’s experience would most likely be very different from a teaching couple’s experience. \u00a0And all the other factors as well that differentiate us from each other.<\/em><\/p>\n

Want to learn even more about the international school fair experience? \u00a0We have a blog series about the\u00a09 Lessons Learned Regarding Intl School Hiring Fairs.\u00a0 Check it out\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Moving Overseas: Selling Your\u00a0Stuff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I just sold my 61\u2033 Samsung TV, and surprisingly\u2026I\u2019m okay with it.<\/p>\n

Inevitably, when accepting an international teaching assignment, we (international educators) are also implicitly agreeing to put our present lives, everything that is safe and comfortable and \u201cnormal,\u201d aside indefinitely to begin a whole new life in a place where we don\u2019t know anyone and hardly anyone speaks our language. It\u2019s like jumping off a cliff into the dark, hoping there\u2019s water below, but not being 100% positive it\u2019s there. You can hear the waves crashing beneath you, and you\u2019ll probably be alright because you\u2019ve jumped into water before, but it was nothing like this.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s scary as hell.<\/p>\n

I feel fortunate that I do not have a house to sell, a dog to euthanize (just kidding), or children that need to say goodbye to all of their friends, like a lot of my counterparts do. I can\u2019t imagine what they\u2019re going through right now. Though I have very little here that\u2019s holding me back, I\u00a0do<\/em>\u00a0have a lot of \u201cthings\u201d that I have grown to love, which I will not be able to bring to China with me\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Getting ready for your first move abroad is a stressful one, yet also very exciting. When you have lived in your home country for such a long time, you tend to acquire many, many things. \u00a0A big tv is great, and almost an expectation when living in the United States, \u00a0but once you move abroad you might just find you don’t need a big tv anymore.<\/em><\/p>\n

There are many things that you would like to bring with you to your first assignment, but of course you can’t bring everything (even if you get a really nice shipping allowance). \u00a0It is nice to know ahead of time though if you actually should have brought something that you had. \u00a0Luckily we have a topic in the Benefits Information section of our school profile pages<\/a>. \u00a0The topic is:\u00a0What are some things that you need to buy\/pay for when you first arrive at the school that you didn’t know about beforehand? \u00a0Currently, we have 46 total comments submitted in that section topic.<\/em><\/p>\n

Want to work for an international school in Beijing <\/a>like this blogger?\u00a0 Currently, we have 23 international schools listed in this city on\u00a0International School Community<\/a>. Here are a few that have had comments and information submitted on their profiles:<\/p>\n