So we’re now into December and most of our teachers seem to have acclimatised well in the classroom. We’ve received great feedback from our schools and we want to extend gratitude to you all for your hard work and a good start to the academic year. This w

Part of our job here at Echo is to monitor and ensure the welfare of our teachers. We see all types of personalities come into China. Some of our teachers are extremely extrovert and seemingly impervious to negative thoughts. But most of us are mere morta

For those teachers who have lived in China for a while they realise it’s an incredibly safe country. Well, when we say “safe”, we mean little to no violent crime or confrontational assault. It’s true, especially in the east and south of China, it’s very r

Winter is well on its way despite the recent mild weather in Hangzhou. As most of you know the popular American holiday of Thanksgiving is on Thursday 28th of November this year. Interestingly, this is the latest possible date for Thanksgiving,

Ok so we’ve got some good news and some kinda not so good news! Let’s get the bad news over with first as some of our teachers have been contacting head office recently about this. We all know the frustrations of trying to send money home.

As some of our experienced teachers already know we get excited towards the end of the year as it means Spring Festival is approaching. Teachers get the chance to celebrate two New Years in China, January 1st and Chinese Spring Festival (CNY). This year,