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olabueno · Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 80 Location: Tampa

Thoughts?

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

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

Anda · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 2199 Location: Jiangsu Province

I was having a look at it but it would seem that you can't bring a local friend to your apartment and the single accommodation sounds like a bed sitter. Also they are wanting 20 foreign teachers for the coming school year so not many can be staying on. Top pay of 5,500 RMB for 18 hours plus by the sound of it two hours of English corner. The hours seem open ended somewhat too. Anyway 20 hours for a top pay rate of 5,500 is hardly great for a good teacher is it. They do not pay for the summer holidays as it is a ten month contract, 1,500 RMB for a bonus instead of two months salary. So it isn't something to get excited over.

If the place isn't honest with the students then how can they be trusted by us?

EastSouthWestNorth: The Zhengzhou University Riot19 Jun 2006 ... The cause of the riot was that the school lowered the status of the university diploma (from Zhengzhou University to Shengda College) and ...

http://zonaeuropa.com/20060619_2.htm

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olabueno · Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 80 Location: Tampa

Wow, thanks guys!

To answer your questions Aristotle: four years exp. teaching Brit. Lit., Am. Lit., Reading, SAT prep. I have little knowledge of China or its people. Prob. will be traveling w/ my girlfriend (also a teacher).

It seems like every article or blog I read about teaching in China is negative. I realize many are sour grapes and others are written by unqualified drifters. But, I'm getting discouraged.

Anda, where did you find the info. on visitors to the dorms? Just curious, I looked at thier website and didn't see that.

Thanks again for the info.

-Mike

Anda · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 2199 Location: Jiangsu Province

I tend to read between the lines!

"The accommodation is cozy with all living necessities. There are a gym, a game room where you can build up your health and have fun with other foreign teachers, TV rooms and Movie rooms in which students can be invited on the ground floor of the new Foreign Experts' Building."

arioch36 · Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 3589

ShengDa is in Henan

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

bustard · Joined: 26 Sep 2010 Posts: 3

I wondered if anyone has any updates as to what it is like to work at this University. It's been a while since the last post and I've been offered an interview.
I don't really need info on Changsha as I've read several posts. I'm more interested in any comments on the University, its work environment and accommodation offered.

hippocampus · Joined: 27 Feb 2012 Posts: 126 Location: Bikini Bottom

An agent whom I never contacted wrote to me about a position at Changsha U. I expressed a lukewarm interest ( at three-word reply) and next day the recruiter gave me a name and a time to call that Changsha U person. I was to be sure to mention his name. So if a Uni is so cheap that they can't even spot you a phone call for the initial interview, I'd look elsewhere.