Adventures . China . Getting Ready
Picture Day
On July 30, 2019 by Keturah HaferkampLast Friday I visited a local Walgreens to get my photo taken for the visa application. The China Consulate website has meticulous rules for how the visa applicant’s photo ought to look. A detailed 11 point bulletin is posted to the consulate site to help applicants with the procedure. It is accompanied by the gentle
Resources . Teaching
Protected: The Hemingway Editor
On July 27, 2019 by Keturah HaferkampThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Adventures . China . Travel
Chloe
On July 24, 2019 by Keturah HaferkampChloe is a sleeping bear. Her eyes are always closed. She is a round and plush, pillowy soft comfort. I sorely underestimated what she would come to mean to our family. One of the sweet gems of travel is collecting things: experiences, recipes, friendships. Chloe fits somewhere in the friendship category I think. My daughter
Adventures . China . Getting Ready
Permit Approved
On July 21, 2019 by Keturah HaferkampThis past week my Work Permit arrived! This means I can begin applying for the visa. There is an extraordinary amount of paperwork to gain permission to work in a foreign country. This process is making me want to cry poignantly aware of process, of waiting, of order, of entrusting others with my family’s well-being.
China . Resources . Teaching
Bad form!
On July 18, 2019 by Keturah HaferkampCaptain Hook is my favorite villain. Something about his utter self-absorption reminds me of Peter Pan. In the boy we find the attitude charming. In Hook it is gross and evil. Hook’s rules for self-governance are in accordance with what we are led to think is an higher authority and his staunch adherence to the
China . Getting Ready . Teaching
The Schedule
On July 16, 2019 by Keturah HaferkampI received my schedule. The plan is for me to teach one course, a comprehensive English class for graduate students. It will be 12 teaching hours per week, from Week 3 to Week 17. Because the work visa I have applied for will apply for only permits me to be in country for 90 days,
Resources . Teaching
Protected: In-class writing
On July 13, 2019 by Keturah HaferkampThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Protected: Teacher Prep
On July 10, 2019 by Keturah HaferkampThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
China . Getting Ready
Getting Real
On July 7, 2019 by Keturah HaferkampAbout three weeks ago, I received my Fall2019 teaching schedule. One week after that I received a Work Permit application to sign, date and return to the University. 外国人来华工作许可申请表 （来华工作 90 日以下,含90 日） I am officially in the application process for a work permit now–one step away from the visa application. The preliminary work
Adventures . China
Fall2019
On July 4, 2019 by Keturah HaferkampThis blog is specifically for Fall Semester 2019. Our family will be Haferkamping in China. I (Keturah) will be a guest teaching English for grad school students in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. My workplace has granted one semester’s leave for this opportunity. English Language Learner (ELL) students experience unique challenges in the Academic English Writing (AEW)