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John101 · Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 9

Hi guys you probably already seen this. but i think it would be a good idea to rate you experiance against it. I think it gives a good idea of what life is like in china for people who havent been yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5f0bQYafT4&search=teaching%20china

So I propose You compare it with your experiances all things being equal.

If we use a scale of 1 - 10 and this School gets a score of 5 for all topics. a score of 10 being much much better than this and 1 being much much worse

Feel free to add topicsand comments Smile

and ave fun

Wake up time - 5
Room Mate - 5
Bus Driver - 5
Journey to school - 5
General School look - 5
Students up for a joke - 5
Students Englis Level! - 5
Toilets - 5
Teachers Room - 5
Accomidation - 5
Street Food - 5

Calories · Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 361 Location: Chinese Food Hell

Ew. Waking up so early is ungodly.

saint57 · Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 5:17 am Post subject:

My Old School in Kunshan

Wake up time - 10
Room Mate - 10
Bus Driver � N/A
Journey to school � N/A
General School look � 6.5
Students up for a joke - 10
Students English Level! � 1-10
Toilets � 7.5
Teachers Room � Always hung out in my apartment
Accommodation - 9
Street Food � Same Same

John101 · Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 9

ok from the poll and the replies it is fair to say that the conditions of this school (besides money as we dont know what he gets) are average to above average.

so if teachers feel that their conditions are significantly worse than these, their complaints maybe legit and should be entertained here. this way they can gage there expectations/experiances against the average reality and everyone know whats fair. Maybe if everyone took look at this before complaining about there job... hmmm would complaints increase or decrease??

Henry_Cowell · Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 3352 Location: Berkeley

What an amazing video!!

WordUp · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 131

Stupid Poll.. Fucking Ridiculous..

amandabarrick · Joined: 30 Dec 2004 Posts: 391

Wake up time - 8
Room Mate - N/A
Bus Driver - N/A
Journey to school - 10
General School look - 8
Students up for a joke - 5
Students English Level! - 8
Toilets - 5
Teachers Room - 5
Accomidation - 10
Street Food - 5
Climate - 5
Work Schedule - 10

--AB

lollercauster · Joined: 18 Mar 2006 Posts: 418 Location: Inside-Out NYC

Yeah, I saw this video a few weeks ago; it's probably the best one I've seen of China.

Does that guy have a lisp?

saint57 · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 3:12 am Post subject:

I'd love to know how long he has been in China. He seems like the kind of guy who would be a successful FT. However, he may have only been there a few months and still super-hyped. I'd like to see a video made by a guy like William Wallace who has seen it all.

saint57 · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 3:23 am Post subject:

jammish · Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 1704

Anyone know how to get different clips and stitch them together?

Everyone on here with a video camera could do one...

2 over lee · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 7:06 am Post subject:

Very good vid; the guy was having a great time, I noticed however his buddy on the bus was not so happy---he's probably been there longer.

Thought the bus driver did a good job, not bad pron.

Calories · Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 361 Location: Chinese Food Hell

Maybe the guy on the bus was so unhappy because he wasn't some sort of weirdo who was happy getting up so damn early!

jammish · Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 1704

I'm going to have a crack at something similar... although I've no idea how to do the titles/overlay music etc!

lf_aristotle69 · Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 546 Location: HangZhou, China