Author: Keturah Haferkamp

Bad form!

Captain 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

The Schedule

I 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,

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Getting Real

About 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

Fall2019

This 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)

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