A Field Trip to Yangshuo

When you’re a student, there’s nothing better than being told you’re going on a field trip. It doesn’t matter if it’s to the zoo, to the aquarium, or to a museum. Heck, I remember getting excited about going to the bank for math class. And I hate math.

During orientation at my new school in Shanghai, I learned that after just two months of teaching we would accompany one of the grade levels on a “China Trip.” Some would go to Inner Mongolia to learn about culture, some to a rural village in the mountains to build houses. And the seniors were going the beach for a week to learn how to surf.