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Roger · Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 9138

Millie lass,
I have nothing to explain to you of all people, and my credentials are there for inspection by competent hirers; well over a dozen have seen them in my years here, including American and British heads of relevant departments at some school or other - why should I divulge anything to you whose identity is opaque?

We don't know whether you are teaching in the MIddle Kingdom of Fantasy either; for instance you are posting from "HK", which I interpret to stand for "Hong Kong"; but it is pretty obvious to anyone that you have no factual presence in Hong Kong.

And lest you jump to yet another colossal misjudgement: I didn't have to find new jobs every few months in spite of the large number of employers I have had; most of them were part-time jobs! I have held down my fulltime jobs on average some 2 years or more with the same employer! I worked, among other places, in Hong Kong.

millie · Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Posts: 413 Location: HK

Roger · Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 9138

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millie · Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Posts: 413 Location: HK

happy to help as you grasp at straws and of course avoid the central issue which is how your trail of embellishments inevitably recoils on itself from time to time.

So let�s focus on the distractions, if you are more comfortable with that.
Here it t'is:

"All YOU write"

And I really do, I really believe all that you write, all 7,000 plus posts.

To paraphrase someone else:

Golden! Simply golden Razz

englishgibson · Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 4345

JZer · Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 3898 Location: Pittsburgh

I don't know whether i would want to spend a year in Ningbo. If you like to live somewhere where no one speaks English, have fun. I would not go there unless I had reached intermediate level in Mandarin.

Super Mario · Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:27 pm Post subject:

JZer, Ning Bo has quite a large expat community. It has at least one fully fledged international school.
Also, the Wan Li Middle School has 10 foreign teachers. I worked with some of their students here in Australia, and was very impressed by their English.
There's nowhere in China where you could expect to fully participate without some local language. I've known FTs who've existed that way, but they've been parasites, relying on their students, other teachers, and Chinese speaking Westerners for everything! Total pains, not willing to make an effort.

millie · Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Posts: 413 Location: HK

The Oz International School is currently expanding.
Nottingham Uni from the UK has a degree programme there; TAFE from Oz has a Diploma programme too and a Melbourne HS also has a year 11/12 programme.
Outside of the major cities, it�s not such a bad place; relatively clean with lots of amenities with some quite nice country side and islands close by.

And Roger, I am still sure you won�t explain.
Facts can be such a terrible limitation....

Roger · Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 9138

millie · Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Posts: 413 Location: HK

Super Mario · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:56 am Post subject:

Actually, I'm beggared if I can see what either of you have given this thread.
You have agendas unrelated to the subject at hand: I'm sure the OP stopped reading this eons ago.
As for the patronising "lass" and "old girl", you'd get crucified by the goolies for that in Western countries Roger, old bean.

millie · Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Posts: 413 Location: HK

Hello G.T.

A web search turned up some info. which tends to suggest that almost any �foreigner� able to walk up stairs could get a job there. (see quote below)

If the locals can understand your English and you have some sort of �diploma� (in any subject) and you have some teaching experience (perhaps as a T/A?) you too can avail yourself to a salary of up to US$700 per month.

I honestly don�t mean to be disparaging to anyone at all. That may suit some people and their particular background and fair enough too.

I am thinking especially of young people who are starting out with minimum qualifications who need a start - and why not if that is you?

Sometimes retirees do this sort of job for the experience too (get a bit of 'culture' for a year and again, not a bad idea.)

But thinking now about career teachers, it seems to me that this is a dead end job in some totally unremarkable institution - even by Chinese standards Shocked

It is the sort of place where you often find older has-beens or never-beens taking refugee from the world outside since they have little else on offer.

However, I don�t believe it is the sort of place a qualified teacher would find professionally satisfying.

I may be wrong and there might be some excellent teachers there. I don�t have any direct or personal knowledge at all.

There may be other on this list who have more insight. Hopefully they can help and hopefully I am wrong.

Lacking more specific and detailed knowledge, I would look elsewhere.

Good luck

M