Not to mention he is experiencing China in the most boring way possible. Going to a country to teach English is great if you are looking to offset the cost of a

Not to mention he is experiencing China in the most boring way possible. Going to a country to teach English is great if you are looking to offset the cost of a vacation, but is hardly a long-term career path. Not only are you not learning anything new, but your job is to distance yourself from the culture you are living in. You're certainly not going to learn much Chinese, and the only culture you learn is the kind that needs to be 'corrected' to interact with your home country.