Tag: English teacher

• How to Overcome Grading Fatigue

  

  College instructors have the best jobs, but the idea that it’s the perfect job is a myth. It’s not all cargo shorts and Birkenstocks. No. It can be quite stressful. An instructor’s time is spent doing a heavy mix of grading essays, teaching lectures, creating lessons, working with students, and working in committees. It’s all…

  abscoggin

  May 6, 2020

  China, Education, Travel

  English instructor, English teacher, grading, grading essays, grading fatigue, higher education, productivity, rubrics, teaching abroad, teaching in china

• Why Expats Should Accept Every Invite During Their First Month Abroad

  

  China is my do-over. It’s my “let’s get it right this time.”

  abscoggin

  October 28, 2019

  China, Travel

  China, community, culture, Dalian, dalian china, English teacher, Expat, expat life, expat teacher, featured

• An Update: My Life in Dalian, China After Two Weeks

  

  My first day was absolutely unforgiving. Like, pack my bags, fire up the taxi, I’m going back home–rough. Yeah. I can laugh it off now because I’ve fully recovered, but it didn’t help that I missed my connecting flight in Beijing because of a six hour layover in Dallas. That part wasn’t even that bad.…

  abscoggin

  September 20, 2019

  China, Travel

  China, Dalian, dalian china, English teacher, Expat, expat life, expat teacher