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[Jones]

Hi out there.

American, 42 years, 10 years teaching in Japan with another 4 years doing my own business teaching privates and elementary schools (one man show). A.A. degree

Interested in moving to H.K.
Any prospects with this short resume?
thanks for you words.....

[vivalgos]

Hardly over the hill.. more in the `prime`..
What is an `A.A` degree?

[Jones]

thanks for your reply.....

A.A. is a 2 year degree.....associates in arts.
I should have been certified with tesl or cert or something like that, but got too comfy here in Japan....
want to move on someplace else, in asia, japan has squeezed enough out of me.

[growler]

AA is a substitute for people who can't get on a bachelor degree course.

[Jones]

Wrong and very crude and egotistical.

we are all very proud that mommy and daddy paid for your B.A or B.S. and we are all very proud to see how you have taken what you have learned we your very appropriate reply.

we all have our own personal reasons and our paths in life.
the question is......who are you to come up with something insulting like that?
what do YOU know of my life or any other persons personal life or paths?

an A.A or A.S. degree is just as honourable and is in fact cheaper, taking your credits and then transferring them to a 4 year university. whats wrong with that? why should you belittle that?

btw....some of those professors teaching at 2 year collages worked in the univiersity crap and just got tired of it.....so in fact, you are being taught be proffesionals who were smart enough to get out of the university nonsense.

[vivalgos]

I quite agree... so uneccessary and rude...

you`ll see that quite a bit in this forum...

Maybe some people just need to become a little more adult in their postings.

[Placebo]

As insulting as he sounds, I need to agree with growler. An AA degree is not as honorable as a Bachelors of Arts as Jones states wrongly.

[Jones]

you are correct to a certain extant.....A.A. may not be as honourable as your B.A., but none the less, it is not to be taken as a mere nothing.

as to my spelling, I am not here for your proof reading. my mistakes have nothing to do with spelling, but more with typing and just letting it flow.

again, being insulted for what purpose? to show us your level of education has paid off?

you mean i need a university degree to spell?
again another person making lame remarks about someone you know nothing about. i should not go to H.K.? who are you to say that?

[prplfairy]

Come on children. An AA degree is not as good as a BA. One takes two years the other four. Just like a BA is not as good as a PhD. There is a clear hierarchy and AA is at the bottom of the post secondary hierarchy. However, that is no reason to get nasty with someone who didn't spell check their postings and say that they are not qualified and not a good teacher and so forth. He's got a degree that is not as good as a BA. So what? I know teachers with PhDs that suck big time and I know teachers who have no degree and only a TEFL diploma with a few years experience who are absolutely inspiringly great teachers. Let's not get into the Hong Kong mind set of saying that whoever has the longest list of degree and training on their CV is the best teacher.

[Jones]

i agree with prplfairy, could not have said it better.
i would prefer to end this thread now.....

mr growler was nice enough to send me a personal email with all kinds of nice british english vocabulary like......arsewipe....
now that reallly hurt my feelings.

so to those who put in some positive replies i thank ye bery bery muchi
for those who got nasty....well you know what to do, be sure and don`t leaf out ye ego`s whoops!! oh my i do need spell chck