We Need to Talk About Smartphone Addiction
Smartphone addiction is a common occurrence these days. Since 2024, I’ve been teaching at a college in Changzhou, China. One of the first things that surprised me when I arrived was just how attached students are to their smartphones. It’s not just during breaks or after class — even in lessons, many students struggle to […]
Teaching English in China: An Opportunity for Unemployed Graduates
South Africa has an extremely high unemployment rate. The expanded definition rate is over 36% and over 50% among the youth (people below 30 years old) accordin to some estimates. After a decade of the Zuma presidency, the economic growth rate collapsed. This country needs a much higher growth rate to create more jobs and […]
2017 The Beijing International School Expo
The Beijing International School Expo (BISE) is the city’s largest gathering of international schools with the aim of helping families choose better education options. This year’s BISE will be held on February 18-19, 2017 from 10am-4pm at the Crowne Plaza Beijing Chaoyang U-Town. Importantly, the BISE is a completely free event to attend, however, we […]
Recap of TEDxBeijing 2016 Year End Event
This is a recap of the TEDxBeijing year-end event that took place yesterday. It was my first attendance at a TEDx event in China, and it was superbly organised. The venue was at Mee Park Cafe inside Universal Creative Park, Beijing. The 300 RMB tickets were almost sold out by the time I purchased my […]
Short Film Laisuotuo 莱索托
A new short film Laisuotuo was released by filmmaker Carl Houston Macmillan. He says, “This is a film about two immigrants, a Chinese shop owner in Lesotho and an African doctor in China. This 20 min film is about how stereotyping and racial profiling reduces our empathy. Cultural understanding is ever so important in our […]