Thus concludes my second conversation with Chris. In this final instalment we get into what it’s like to teach in Far East Asian countries, both official schools and cram schools or bǔxíbān (補習班), analysing similarities between our experiences. There were also extensive tangents into South African trivia, including reminiscing about university. We ended up getting somewhat philosophical at times, probably courtesy of the accompanying Bain’s whisky. Plus the wildlife here insisted on being part of the recording.

At some point in the future I will do a short tangent series on teaching at the various types of schools in Taiwan, but my immediate plan (now that I’ve finished moving house and have relocated my books) is to get back into the history side of things.

Here are some example pictures of an open learning system from my time in Taiwan, specifically for second language English at the lower primary school level.