Now teaching at Shenzhen Senior High School, Carney, 22, graduated from Rhodes College, Tennessee, in the southern United States with Spanish as her major.

　　“Fortunately, I had the opportunity to take part in an exchange program to China,” Carney said.

　　She was first exposed to the Chinese language and culture in college, where there are teachers from China.

　　Since then, China was the place she wanted to visit.

　　One of a team of 51 teachers from the United States, Carney first arrived in Beijing for an English camp at Beijing University. After spending three weeks there, she came to Shenzhen.

　　The arrangement with the Shenzhen Municipal Education Bureau is for her to work for one year in the school.

　　Carney has 15 classes a week and her students range from junior 1 to senior 3 grades.

　　This is her first classroom teaching position, as well as her first full-time job.

　　Before coming to China, she taught fitness and swimming in the U.S.

　　“I love all my students. Of course, the older ones can express themselves better in English. But it is more of a challenge to teach young students, in view of the language barrier,” she said.

　　Carney spent 13 years as a ballet dancer and loves dancing and music.

　　“We found a superb pub in downtown Shenzhen the first week we arrived in the city,” Carney said.

　　She said it was because somebody in the team enrolled himself in the mailing list of shenzhenparty.com, a Web site that contains a huge amount of information about entertainment places in Shenzhen.

　　Carney plans to go to South America to further her Spanish studies when she leaves China.

　　Shao Weixian

　　ENGLISH teacher Carney Bromert has been wanting to visit China since her college days.

　　Now teaching at Shenzhen Senior High School, Carney, 22, graduated from Rhodes College, Tennessee, in the southern United States with Spanish as her major.

　　“Fortunately, I had the opportunity to take part in an exchange program to China,” Carney said.

　　She was first exposed to the Chinese language and culture in college, where there are teachers from China.

　　Since then, China was the place she wanted to visit.

　　One of a team of 51 teachers from the United States, Carney first arrived in Beijing for an English camp at Beijing University. After spending three weeks there, she came to Shenzhen.

　　The arrangement with the Shenzhen Municipal Education Bureau is for her to work for one year in the school.

　　Carney has 15 classes a week and her students range from junior 1 to senior 3 grades.

　　This is her first classroom teaching position, as well as her first full-time job.

　　Before coming to China, she taught fitness and swimming in the U.S.

　　“I love all my students. Of course, the older ones can express themselves better in English. But it is more of a challenge to teach young students, in view of the language barrier,” she said.

　　Carney spent 13 years as a ballet dancer and loves dancing and music.

　　“We found a superb pub in downtown Shenzhen the first week we arrived in the city,” Carney said.

　　She said it was because somebody in the team enrolled himself in the mailing list of shenzhenparty.com, a Web site that contains a huge amount of information about entertainment places in Shenzhen.

　　Carney plans to go to South America to further her Spanish studies when she leaves China.