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killian

6+ yrs in ESL. BA in chinese. thinking about crossing the pond from korea.

where, in your opinion, is the "hottest" spot for ESL these days wewre a laowai with passable chinese can make some bank?

kev7161 · Joined: 06 Feb 2004 Posts: 5880 Location: Suzhou, China

Hong Kong - - and passable Chinese isn't really all that necessary!

Surfdude18 · Joined: 16 Nov 2004 Posts: 651 Location: China

Having said that, isn't the pay in HK quite piss-poor if we're just talking normal ESL (rather than jobs for qualified teachers)?

malu · Joined: 22 Apr 2007 Posts: 1344 Location: Sunny Java

I have two friends teaching ESL in HK. Both are earning 3-4 times as much as their counterparts in GZ, although in truth the HK guys work a few more hours per week.

HK is crowded and polluted but is so-o-o-o much more civilised than upriver.

killian · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:14 pm Post subject:

but HK is sooo nice. where's the fun in that? Embarassed

malu · Joined: 22 Apr 2007 Posts: 1344 Location: Sunny Java

killian · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:57 am Post subject:

yeah, i've been to HK many times. back before it was handed back it was nice and still is. but not really a boomtown in comparison to other cities in greater china.

GeminiTiger · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:59 am Post subject:

killian · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:20 pm Post subject:

yeah, i wasn't really asking about sleaze but it is usually an interesting topic.

no shortage of sleaze anywhere i have ever been except kemper military college in booneville, misery, USA.