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sww
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 Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 4:07 pm Post subject: IT2006 |
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| It probably sounds strange to most, but I prefer working in China--despite the lower salaries and paucity of amenities. The students are usually motivated, and are curious about the West. You can learn a great deal and become a better teacher. You can improve your Chinese language skills, take tai chi and kung fu, you are close to other Asian countries and Hainan for vacations, etc. The hot pot cuisine is great. At some point in life you may have to decide between equally attractive options. And I don't say this flippantly. I was a TA and an adjunct for years, and now I have tenure. So I've seen academic life in the US from varying perspectives. |
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soreiketanpanman
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| Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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| A'Moo wrote: |
| I find your ambitions here to be irrelevant, as well as highly improbable... |
Well Mr. Spock, you can just call me the Black Swan. |
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The Ever-changing Cleric
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| Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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| beam me up...... Scotty. |
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alter ego
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| Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 1:37 am Post subject: Re: IT2006 |
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| sww wrote: |
| It probably sounds strange to most, but I prefer working in China--despite the lower salaries and paucity of amenities. |
Not strange to me at all, but then again I don't have the option of doing the same kind of work (teaching at a college or university) in my home country. Considering my options, I find the amenities to be somewhat sufficient, including:
1) nearly 10 weeks of paid vacation this past summer break (paid winter and summer break combined average of 3 and 1/2 months)
2) a teaching schedule of 14 classes per week
3) almost free (rent is 400RMB) 1-bedroom apartment overlooking a tranquil park and beautiful man-made lake
4) cheap flights to Thailand, my wife's home country
5) free medical insurance (my wife's is very affordable)
I think free time (like the kind spent here on Dave's) is the most valuable amenity of all. The amount of free time I have depends on how much extra money my wife tells me to go out and make during the breaks!  |
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A'Moo
Joined: 21 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 2:08 am Post subject: Re: IT2006 |
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| alter ego wrote: |
| sww wrote: |
| It probably sounds strange to most, but I prefer working in China--despite the lower salaries and paucity of amenities. |
I think free time (like the kind spent here on Dave's) is the most valuable amenity of all. The amount of free time I have depends on how much extra money my wife tells me to go out and make during the breaks! :cry: |
Wow. Thai wife letting you know how much money is necessary working in SE Asia...
Glad to see Buddhism is alive and well!!!! Dalai Lama is visiting Canada soon, and ticket scalping has begun... |
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