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[JasonT]

I got myself a job with Aston at there school in Xuzhou. Can anyone with experience or who has worked in Xuzhou with Aston or with another school tell me about it. I am only going for 6 months, but would like any info.

I have searched the forum about it, but most posts are 5 years old and not much info on more recent posts.

Also which is closer to Jinan, Beijing or Shanghai??

I guess a last thing to add for people who know, but what are prices like in Xuzhou.

[peter482]

hi jason, im working there at the moment we have had some ups and downs but compared to some posts here its a good place to work, friendly cts etc and xuzhou is very cheap

[peter482]

i dont know about jinan, but shanghai on a fast train is 5 hours and 8/9 on a sleeper i thin k beijing is near enough the same maybe just a little longer. Xuzhou train station is a bit of a major train hub so its quite easy to get to most places and very cheap. Some journeys are long though(china is big)

hope this help, when are you coming

[dragon777]

"Peter" can you give us some info on the vacation time and the hours

worked per day/week?

[El Chupacabra]

[Daphne]

One thing to always keep in mind about Aston is that since they advertise so heavily on this site, only a portion of the bad news about them gets posted. And, because of how easily and quickly they hire first-time teachers and then put them in a "managerial" position, they are bound to have their fair share of admirers.


In general, if you are a relatively experienced instructor with fairly high standards about the material you teach with, discipline of poor puerile students, comfortable housing, etcetera, etcetera; you can do much better in China than this outfit.