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Asian American teaching in China??
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tony lee



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd prefer it in English thanks - Babel Fish is not that reliable on the colloquial stuff..
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tw



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Roughly translated, it means one who looks down on another person or another group of people as being inferior. Which best describe the Chinese who think that anyone with a white skin is better at teaching English than someone with brown skin.

"The dog's eyes look at people lowly" = direct translation
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Babala



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tony I suggest looking at International Schools. I think they are alot more open-minded then most. I would forget private language centers. I think some of the more serious universities would also be worth a look.
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tony lee



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 8:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
The dog's eyes look at people lowly" = direct translation


Babel Fish says "Is a snobbish SOB" which is probably more directly to the point and there wouldn't be a lot of point sending that message to my workmates whether hidden behind euphemisms or not.

The bit you are maybe missing is that it is not the recruiters who are promoting this attitude, it is the schools. The schools are that way because (they think) the students and parents want it that way. It is arguably Chinese racism directed at fellow ethnic Chinese.

As a white middle-class westerner living in one of the most ethnically diverse societies in the world, I certainly don't condone it, but I am capable of understanding the reasons for it. I will keep sending those applicants up the line, but in the end, my opinion doesn't count for much.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 8:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I still remember what one Chinese man In Fujian said in a Yahoo chat room years ago. He said, and I quote, that the Chinese are the most discriminating people in the world. They discriminate anyone considered an "outsider". For example, let's use Qingdao as an example. Qingdao, like many Chinese cities, has satellite cities. People in those cities like Jiaozhou, though also considered as being Qingdaonese, speak with a different Qingdao accent. Therefore, when in Qingdao local Qingdaonese would know they are not from Qingdao itself and would consider those people to be inferior as compared to an "actual" Qingdaonese. Same thing in Beijing, native Beijingnese would look down on someone from rural areas of Beijing -- all because those people are not from metropolitan Beijing.

Sad!!!
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