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[hdeth]

[Angel.Ro]

I looked at some programs just out of curiosity; an online MA at USC is $50,000. Based on everything I've read and heard, it would be a really long time before you ever got your money back.

And yeah the only reason I had concern about universities requiring more in the future was looking at past trends in other Asian countries. For example I saw on the Japan forums now that in order to get a good uni job, you need a phd or ma, and have to have a solid grasp of the Japanese language as well.

[Voyeur]

For your base, Z Visa job, I think that private training schools offer both the worst and the best jobs.

The problem I have with public institutions like MS, HS, and Universities is that the negotiating authority and discretion is often limited. Once you are established, and if you are good, your boss is often still limited in what he can pay you. Either decisions are made in another city, as is often the case at HS International programs, or there is a more formal system that requires certain qualifications. They can't pay you more--past a point--just because you are an excellent teacher and draw students.

On the other hand, the best Z Visa jobs I have seen for people with middling formal qualifications, have been at private centers where a teacher has established his or herself. If the boss thinks they can make more money by keeping you and paying you more, they have the freedom to cut you in as much as they want.

In a nutshell, I think public school and Uni jobs can be great starting places for new teachers in China, but the better teachers who can network and negotiate (but aren't getting lots of formal qualifications) often need to leave the public sector for the really prime jobs.

[weigookin74]

[kungfuman]

Choice of private health care clinics aimed at foreigners or several different hospitals.

I go to the hospital, yes.

Kowloon Hospital in Suzhou. Seemingly very new.

[OhBudPowellWhereArtThou]

[litterascriptor]