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englishgibson · Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 4345

what happened to this thread..we don't have to be as cold as the city our OP's in Smile

again, there're sh*te schools and centers around ... no need to take it out on each other...let's safe our energy for the cold days, and employers that'd parade us in any kinda weather for that extra profit Wink

cheers and beers to taking advantages of chinese incompetent managements around Very Happy

propertee · Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 88

What happened was is that everyone went off topic by self-promoting a post number - clearly separating themselves into the men they are. And, when confronted with the narcisstic"iosity" then got drunk and started to e-attack those that challenged them - as if a high post count gives them strutting rights.

But that's my opinion.

jwbhomer · Joined: 14 Dec 2003 Posts: 876 Location: CANADA

propertee · Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 88

jwbhomer · Joined: 14 Dec 2003 Posts: 876 Location: CANADA

That's good, Peter. 70 posts since you appeared just over three weeks ago, most of them full of anger and trying to insult or pick a fight with others. Keep venting; that's what this forum is for!

As for "off topic", weren't you the one who hijacked the thread by complaining about Kev's short post mentioning his achievement?

Go away now. Nothing more to see here. There's a good boy.

propertee · Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 88

englishgibson · Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 4345

not much Peter ... i hope you'll get up to that 3500 soon ... you know that Kev's shared some valuable experience that's been most likely useful for many..we deal with bullsh*t in chinese managed schools/centers and when we come on forums we'd like to share it an hopefully stay on that friendly boat, if you know what i mean ... but that's my opinion Wink

darn, i hope i havn't got off topic too much here..Urumqi's bitterly cold now, so hopefully we'll warm our OP up with somethin' ...let's send him a heater or two and a fine house keeper there Smile

anyway, i'd like to know if that Web is Web International or Webster Confused

peace to Peter
and
cheers and beers to our OP that's hopefully feeling better now

tom selleck · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:44 pm Post subject:

19 posts and utterly nothing said.
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No, I meant my commute really is 45 to 50 minutes one way to work.If I stop and get some Nang (Uighar bread) then it's one hour each way.

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Update; News at 11:00...After I left the now largely ignored meeting with my knickers in a knot, apparently the meeting got even more interesting. One teacher called little Vinny McManager a liar, out loud, to his face.

Twice. Or, so I was told.

Result? The interpretor caught me on my day off, sudying alone in an office.

"Do you have a minute?" It was more like a half an hour. She tried her level best to convince me to convince the (justifiably) verbose teacher to tone it down a notch, or little 120 lb. Vinnie will "kill the monkey to scare the rooster." Someone lost face. He's so torn up about it, he's ready to let a very capable, but a far too disobedient teacher go to pasture permanently. As well, he'll never attend a meeting himself again.

Time to take a lottery pool. When does Web Urumqi succumb to Nigerian, Philippino and other non-native speakers?

So, this week will probably tell if someone's going to get fired or if someone else is going to bring the criticism down a notch. No one's going to get fined any longer for missing a meeting. Teachers will continue to get fined if they come to work late. That's not going to change.

No one has been assigned as the individual to locate housing for new hires. The person whose job it was to locate housing and deal with the PSB concerning visas has been demoted. She's strictly doing accounting functions now. It's a mystery who's going to do visas, visa extensions and health exams now. The roles lost in the demotion have been lumped onto the tutors. Of course no commensurate increase in pay has been set aside for their newly acquired responsibilities.

The new teacher finally has a new place to live in. After 6 days in a hostel, he's actually living in a real house.

By now, you should be getting an accurate impression. After being open for 3 years, systems and procedures still do not exist for anything except dealing with teachers that come to work late.

Everything is piece-meal, ad hoc, ad lib; call it what you may, but my original comment stands: Are these the people that'll be the next superpower in the 21st century?

Try to keep the thread on track, eh? This forum provides a valuable service for teachers trying to research information on the attractiveness of potential employment offers.