Mrs. Cowley is an English teacher from Canada who has lived and taught in various countries including China. She found the cultural differences between Canada and China striking when she first arrived, as Chinese people stared at her and the air was less fresh. However, she enjoyed making colleagues in Shanghai and preferred living there over Canada. While she misses aspects of Canadian life, Mrs. Cowley does not regret her experience teaching in China and wants to teach in other countries as well.