Why I want to teach in China

I have found both in professional and personal life that I am extremely adaptive to novel situations. I excel when given new challenges. I am very flexible and enjoy not only traveling, but the prospect of long term change.After spending some time traveling from Europe to Central America I have done exhaustive research and have made the decision to spend the next five to ten years of my life teaching English in China. Since my sophomore year in college I have been fascinated with the Chinese culture. After my participation with a Chinese club in college, I have always seen myself living in China. I have spent some time studying the art of Wing Chun Kung fu, it was at this time I was exposed to and became friends with several Chinese born classmates. This extremely positive experience even further more strengthen my desire to work and live in China. On a personal level I am fascinated in studying and experiencing first hand the social values derived from Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. In addition, I am extremely impressed and excited to experience the architecture, music, martial arts and cuisine that China has to offer.One of my primary professional motivating factors in choosing the People's Republic of China over any of the other Asian countries is my strong desire to learn the language of Mandarin. I realize that this goal will only be achieved through structured classes in addition to complete immersion in the Chinese culture. It is my mid term career goal (three-five years) to become an interpreter in China. I strongly believe the first step to this goal is attaining excellence in the art of educating Chinese students in the grammatical, vocabulary and overall communicative use of the English language. I am confident that my presence at the right school will be highly beneficial to all of the students whom I have the honor of teaching.Edward Bryant