Job Discussion Forums

Ki · Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 475

For anyone considering Happy Marian simply google yanpu and bean. This actually happened. This teacher is still employed at Happy Marian. Managment only pretend this never happened. And yet this is not the worst thing about the school. The only way Happy Marian can keep a teacher is by blackmail. If you finish your contract and want to work elsewhere in China they will simply refuse. In China your last employer needs to send a recomendation letter to the government. No matter what Happy Marian will refuse to sign this letter unless you stay with them for TWO MORE YEARS. Yes, even if you finish your contract and are on good terms with them. Don't believe anything Arthur tells you. He lies through his teeth. Unless it is in his best interest he will go out of his way to destroy your life. Just because Happy Marian is such an aweful school and the only way he knows how to retain teachers is via blackmail.

muffintop · Joined: 07 Jan 2013 Posts: 803

choudoufu · Joined: 25 May 2010 Posts: 3325 Location: Mao-berry, PRC

my google fu is mostly awesome, MT. i get this following instructions to
search on "yanpu and bean:"

"May 23, 2012 - Gelin Shuangyang Kindergarten in Yangpu District,Shanghai.
... "Miss Lin put the bean into my body," the three-year-old girl nicknamed Niu
Niu ..."

so, um, that's NOT the worst thing that happened?

Sarcastro · Joined: 18 Dec 2010 Posts: 89 Location: Ann Arbor, MI

Im probably on par with Cho and I could find both the school and Happy Marian but there arnt any links tying the two together. There is no mention of the school where the offence happened in the campus list on the HM website.

Though there does seem to be a lot of dissatisfaction by both parents and teachers over the school.

Ki · Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 475

The school acts under several different names including Happy Marian, Green school, Round Table, and Gelin Shuangyang.
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2012-05/23/content_25450913.htm
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-05/23/content_15371223.htm
http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/710770/School-acts-on-bean-case.aspx
http://www.ishuaijiao.com/thread-2626-1-1.html
The first link shows the Happy Marian logo on banners at the front entrance of the school albeit not very clear.
It is just a horrible place to work for. Chinese teachers get out after a few months. Foreign teachers are blackmailed into staying. Yes there are ways around things but you should not have to be forced to take them. Right now the only English teachers they can obtain are Russian.

muffintop · Joined: 07 Jan 2013 Posts: 803

Thanks for the links and the heads up about the school.