My, How Datong Has Changed
The pictures below show how much Datong has grown and changed since I first came here in 2005. The picture on the left shows an aerial view of Datong and the surrounding area from 2005. The picture on the right shows the same area in 2018.
Datong is Starting to Feel a Little Bit More Like Home
Many of my students often ask me why I came to Datong. This is my story. In 2004 I was looking to procure a job teaching English overseas. My first choice was Germany, where I had already spent almost 4 years, but at the time the job market for English teachers was not too promising. While searching for jobs, I met a man who had been to China. He had been offered a job teaching English at a university in Chine, but he had already committed to going to Africa. He asked me what I thought about going to China. At the time, I knew absolutely nothing about China, but I thought it could not hurt to look into it. He gave me the contact information to an agency that hired foreign teachers for Chinese universities. (to be continued)