I live in Ulaanbaatar Mongolia - by alexander gradus
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Here in Ulaanbaatar Mongolia, I have just finished my third term of teaching.
Here in Ulaanbaatar Mongolia, I have just finished my third term of teaching. This has been the hardest so far. Over the last nine weeks, I wavered over one question: Will I stay or return home? This was the first real choice of my adult life. The choice to go to university wasn’t real, nor was the choice of university. I made the obviously ‘correct’ choice, of going to university, and going to the best one. Then it was time to find my first real job. This wasn’t a real choice, since I didn’t decide anything. I spent some time unemployed. I was a private tutor who didn’t respond to any…
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