Foreign adventures
Recently there was some discussion on the TES Teaching Abroad forum about whether or not to go to China, in view of this new health scare. Well, the great and good Harry Deelman (of Search Associates) always said that "a gentleman's word should be his bond". Therefore, in my opinion, if the job still exists in August, then you should keep your promises and get on the plane for the Middle Kingdom. Although the new virus is worrying, the reality is that hundreds (maybe thousands) or people die every year from ordinary strains of influenza. As per usual, I completely agree with the view that it will probably have fizzled out in another month or two. By then, the BBC and CNN will have found something else to exaggerate. (HD also had some wise words about "the CNN factor".) A few months before we left for Kenya, a friend of ours told us lurid stories of expats getting murdered in "Nairobbery". We imagined that we would have our throats cut as so...