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[Glenski]

One thing I will add belatedly to this thread is this. If you think teaching advanced students is what you want, so be it, but if you think they are any easier than beginners, I would beg to differ. Advanced students, especially those whom you teach for their specific careers, need special care, and that usually requires not just knowing their lingo and discourse. Get some training.

To answer an earlier question, yes, one can get a master's degree online from a distance program.

[Trifaro]

If you can read and write Chinese, you should consider applying to law firms in Beijing or Shanghai.

As far as I know, any foreigners doing business in China must hire a Chinese firm to handle the legal paper work. I met a guy with a JD from Tulane in the USA. He used to post here on Dave's.

Either way, he worked for a large firm in Shanghai as a translator. The firm paid him, but he basically worked for the foreign client translating the Chinese documents for them and acting as an interpretor in meetings.

[naturegirl321]

[JZer]

This is exactly why I am going back to the US. I plan to do two months abroad every year and ten months in the US. I will have to work hard to make it work out but I can do it.

Plus, I will probably end up seeing more countries but doing one or two month summer contracts than I would signing a contract to work in another country for a year which leads to two years, and then three, etc.

[naturegirl321]