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LarssonCrew · Joined: 06 Jun 2009 Posts: 1308

Can you explain how someone fresh out of university with $40,000 or so debt is immediately suppose to gain qualifications? Even a CELTA with flight and living costs will set you back $3,000.

A Masters will probably cost you $15000 for the fee plus maybe $10,000 living costs. So you've got to immediately find $25,000.

LarssonCrew · Joined: 06 Jun 2009 Posts: 1308

Further on, if one is prepared to work hard and has the 'right look', then you could work at a primary school or middle school in a large city, make 10-12,000 with housing and work privates for another 5 or 6000, and bank $2000 a month, which would mean in a year you'd have saved enough for your masters.

Markness · Joined: 30 Dec 2009 Posts: 738 Location: Chengdu

Screw those crooks. I just got into a huge argument with my boss over their BS and deductions and 9/10 times they'll fold like a paper bag as long as you bring evidence. What would I do if I was you? Apply at other places, there are always better jobs out there. And btw, you can pretty much behave like a maniac 24/7 and say "no" to anything they want you to do that isn't exactly teaching and they cannot do a whole lot. Us foreign teachers are treated like contract workers so anything they need done extra is OT (or you can refuse that too because they can't force you to do anything unless your contract hours are not met).

Don't sign though, throw a rock in a random direction and go and find a new job, it really is easy pretty much anywhere.