VIII. Conclusion.

 
This book is almost over. If you have read this far, then you are patient! I hope it was helpful.
I wrote this book to share a message with anyone who will listen. I did not write this book to entertain you, or anyone. This year, 2003, I have now been teaching English in China for seven years. Over this time I have seen, heard, felt, and thought about many things – either when in the classroom, in my apartment refuge, on the streets of Bengbu, Tianjin, Taiyuan, Karamay, Urumqi, and Beijing, or when traveling through almost every corner of this great country. I really feel I had to speak out concerning some of the things I discovered.
This book was written during the SARS outbreak of 2003.  Many classes I usually taught were stopped.  I had nothing to do and nowhere to go.  I decided to spend my “55 Days In Peking” writing this book.  The ideas came flowing out—into my brain, through it, and onto this paper.  I also wrote this book for my 2001-Writing class.  This is why I have been a fanatical follower of “planning” and of “structure” in this manuscript.  I hope the “outline” and the actual text are useful as a writing model!  I also wrote this for all those studying English, who are unsure of their way. 
       This section will briefly review what has been said, and leave you with a question.  In fact, many questions and issues, for this matter “of English” is far from over.