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askiptochina
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 Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:57 am Post subject: Which is better in China, March or September? |
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I am getting job offers for Korea, but you need a criminal background check which takes 2 months to process. For China, I am being told this is the middle of the school year and schools don't need teachers until August.
Does this make sense? My understanding was that the Asian school year started in March and then the second half in August. Does China really do it like in the US with a September/fall start to the school year? |
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Laurence
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 5:36 am Post subject: |
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| Do you want us to google it for you? |
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Little Tiger
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With regards to China,it all depends on what kind of school you are looking at. Private schools will generally hire all year round, while public schools and universities hire on a term-to-term basis - the new school year starts in September. They are in the Northern Hemisphere too  so school starts after the summer break. |
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askiptochina
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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| They are in the Northern Hemisphere too Wink so school starts after the summer break. |
Same with Japan and Korea. I lived in Japan for 4 years, and they ALWAYS recruited new teachers mostly for March. Then, September.
In Korea, it was the same, but in Korea you get more private arrangements with public schools which allow you to start between February-April and August-October.
I don't see how geographical location answers this. Just looking for confirmation though with the pattern.
Feel free to speculate more on the reason why folks. |
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daCabbie
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| Whacky hybrid lunar calendar changes the time of spring festival each year. |
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kev7161
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| There's no school in summer because it's too damn hot! School's don't want to foot the bill for cranked-up ACs throughout their campus (well, those schools that actually have ACs, that is). |
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bradley
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| Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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| The short answer is September. Although I would say be here in August and already have your job secured by then |
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askiptochina
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| Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 4:20 am Post subject: |
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| The short answer is September. Although I would say be here in August and already have your job secured by then |
That's the thing. I am already in China, thinking March was September, according to your timeline.
Oh well. 4 months. |
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bradley
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| Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:46 am Post subject: |
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| That is the idel time, but you can always find a job. |
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ATwannabe
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I'm also trying to figure out if August is a good time to be hunting for jobs.
I was hoping to work on a TESOL/TEFL/CETLA/ETC (haven't decided) and then search for jobs during late July/August.
Does this "work" or should I be securing jobs in advance of August? |
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mat chen
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| Caroline Huang has jobs anytime for you at Aston English. She will even pay you the airfare up front and arrange for airport pick up and a pristine apartment for you to live in. |
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El Chupacabra
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:10 pm Post subject: Re: Which is better in China, March or September? |
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| askiptochina wrote: |
I am getting job offers for Korea, but you need a criminal background check which takes 2 months to process. For China, I am being told this is the middle of the school year and schools don't need teachers until August.
Does this make sense? My understanding was that the Asian school year started in March and then the second half in August. Does China really do it like in the US with a September/fall start to the school year? |
Asia's a mighty big continent but it has no central governing authority, much less an Asian Ministry of Education. Just as Canada, USA, Mexico, and Panama have distinctly different school calendars, Asian countries also have a variety of different start and end times. For example, Pilipinos just started summer vacation, Chinese are two weeks from mid-terms, Japanese/Koreans are starting their school year. Best to look at each country specifically, rather than lump'em all into a pan-Asian paradigm. |
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