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- All right guys, hello.
My name's Cam.
I'm from Florida in the United States
but now I live here in Yueyang, China.
A few quick things before we get going,
this is my second year in China.
My first year was in Chengdu.
But now I've been here for about six months.
I work for a small training school here.
Other than that, you guys have caught me
on a rare early morning.
Usually I don't go into work until about five or
seven P.M.
So I'm gonna go ahead, walk, get some breakfast,
and then I'm gonna head to work.
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- I've picked up a bit of the language.
You learn a lot.
The bigger cities don't have too bad of a language barrier.
The smaller cities are a little bit harder.
Your first few months might suck
but after that it's really easy.
I think a lot of this just depends on where you live
and the type of people you have around you.
For me, I actually tutored an exchange student
at my university and helped her write papers.
I do in hospitality management
from the University of Central Florida.
Legally for a work visa, you need one
but I know a lot of people who have found ways around it.
If you want to come to China, don't let that discourage you.
There's always a way.
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I wanted to come to a smaller city for one,
a more authentic experience and two, to get outside more.
It's harder to do that in a big city
but they're very similar other than there's not as many
Western restaurants here
but you can solve that by cooking at home.
My first school, I did have to
make all my own materials and lesson plans.
My current school pretty much has everything
taken care of for me.
I just show up and teach.
So I think it just depends really what school you're at.
Ask about that in the interview.
The best advice I can give on this one
is don't be afraid to be independent.
Go to events by yourself, go on trips alone.
If you don't do stuff by yourself,
you're gonna end up just being friends
with the other teachers at your school
and that's not always the most fun.
Getting around China is not too hard.
Everything is in English somewhere.
But I would say after about three or four months
is when I started being able to say enough stuff
that I was able to really get through my day
without worrying.
All right, quick apartment tour.
We are looking at about 150 square feet, fully furnished.
We pay about 200 dollars a month in rent,
just a little bit less.
We do have the two bedrooms.
But it's just me and my girlfriend
so the second one's just for storage.
We do have a washing machine.
We were lucky enough to get a microwave
and then a two
top gas stove.
But other than that, nothing too fancy
but we enjoy it.
All right, so now we are going to go ahead and eat dinner
which means I am gonna sign off for the time being.
If you have any more questions that I didn't answer,
shoot me a message on my Instagram.
I'll add the tag below.
Bye!
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