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[Zero]

[eslstudies]

[mandu]

Iam teaching kindergarten children
Iam at the same kindergarten (been at the kindy for almost 3 years)

[Anda]

Ah, but Eslstudies things can go wrong even for you!

"My father was a lawyer," says Walter Levy, an internationally known German-born oil consultant in New York, "and he had taken out an insurance policy in 1903, and every month he had made the payments faithfully. It was a 20-year policy, and when it came due, he cashed it in and bought a single loaf of bread."

[eslstudies]

[Anda]

Yep. you can trust the government!

http://www.anklebitingpundits.com/content/index.php?p=1997



Pension - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaIn almost all developed countries this means that government and public sector pensions could collapse their economies unless pension systems are reformed ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pension - 70k -

[vikuk]

Regardless of where your pension scheme is situated - what can be said for sure - is that in the normal, non-international school, China EFL job - that anything to do social security (retirement, unemployment etc - maybe you'll get a small amount of medical coverage) - is very much the FT's business (and what a difficult business this can be on an average "low-rate" China FT salary). This is one of the reasons why being a China FT has not really caught on as a popular career with qualified teachers!!!!

But then again - look on the bright side - you can always read "feel-good" threads like this. Nothing like start of term optimism as we look-forward to another school year of being the white cash-cow - and indeed for those who hold no real qualification for this job - playing at being a real-life teacher. I wonder how many will last to next summer

[Jamchuan]

First of all, I am still in the process of returing to China after a long vacation(almost 2 years!). Gave notice to my nice position at a very very nice world relief organization and now my 'international' school is telling me to be patient as they and some foreign bureau ready my documents.........work permit and invitation on the way.....

And the best part.....my job title is no longer ESL teacher. I am moving up?! Who knew?! Its 20 hours a week and I work with mostly with foreign kids. I hear they are brats but guess what? The money is decent and I get to move back to move Chinese hometown.

[Vo Rogue]

I've changed cities and changed from private language school to university. Apparently I'll be teaching writing to students whose English level is "low".

[tw]

[Songbird]

Ditto what TW said.....I REALLY hope you only teach 2 writing classes a week, NO MORE. I've been lumped with writing all last year, and lucky me got it again. I requested no writing, but got 2 classes (instead of 4 for a change) and had the first lessons today- they don't seem as bad as last year's mob, thank heavens.

What do you plan to do? Will you have them all year or just the semester?

[Sonnibarger]

teaching kindergarden oh god what was i thinking? oh ya good money because no one wants to do it. I found out its for good reasons. Lucky i have 3 cute ta's in my class or this would look alot worse. oh well only 5 month contract so hopfuly i can save up some cash and take a nice trip maybe find a gig with adult students next round. gotta love the 3 hour nap each day tho, thats how i got time to write this.

[arioch36]

I have adopted the Chinese-Western compromise when teaching many writing classes, famously invented by me of course. If I have four classes of the same writing class, I only grade two classes on one work, then the other two classes on the next work, and give back both works together so they don't know which they will get graded on. Imust make the assumption that they mistakes commonly made by one class are the same that the other class makes.
Have I sacrificed my principles or wisely adapted to a new environment to the mutual benefit of all?

[Vo Rogue]

[tw]