Anhie Rihm

Teaching English in China is an absolute superb experience. At the beginning the thought of me being a teacher with no teaching experience was quite intimidating and daunting.

I had just a couple of days to adjust to everything here (time, location, culture, food, etc.) before I was being led to my "classroom", a chemistry lab, to succumb to my duty/destiny. After being thrown in at the deep end and getting used to 30+ curious staring eyes, teaching became a second nature to me. Deciding to come here has definitely changed my life: I have made new friends from all over the world, I have explored and appreciated the differences of cultures and customs and learned to adapt to a whole different lifestyle, my world outlook has most certainly changed and I have broadened my horizons beyond belief. The TEIC experience is a unique one and should not be missed by anyone.

Progress Report:

Dear Professor Philip Thomas,
This is Anhie, the German/Korean lady you send to Shijiazhuang. It's over a year now that I stayed in China and I am still here but not teaching English anymore.

I was wondering, whether you could send me the ad or something for which I applied for teaching English in China. Up to this very moment, I cannot remember at all having sent anything to you or an agency or similar.

Having used this opportunity it opened for me a much bigger opportunity. Thus I am very grateful for all the support I got from you one year ago. I stayed in China and found myself another job which looks promising.

I hope you are still recruiting students and imparting your knowledge to them.