I was the first teacher to work at the Ivy English school from 2004-05 and overall it was a brilliant experience. Had my ups and downs, but that was because I was a foreigner living in an entirely different culture. China was a real eye-opener and back then it was easy to see how it would progress into an exciting and world leading country. I enjoyed working with the children and Mei Han and her family were very kind to me. They knew my likes and dislikes and respected me a lot. Sometimes I felt that it was hard to be independent, but when you live in another country, you take their conditions. However now I'm doing my nurse training and would love to go back to China one day, I feel that if you respect others, they normally respect you back.