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[William Warren Wise]

I am not one to normally sit down and write negative reports in regards to Schools, People or Companies. I find that I have no choice but to do so at this time for the following school listed below. I in no way claim that all the schools in China with the same name or that belong to the Head office of this school are in any way the same. The views expressed here are solely my personal opinion and the warnings and information given is my own personal advise and opinion ONLY on the school listed. I can not even say with clarity that it was the school itself or one John He who played me for a sucker. i leave that for you to decide.

Modern English:
Huaian Jiangsu PRC

I was first introduced to this Institution through an Internet job posting on one of the esl job boards. I had sent out my resume and information as any of us do and was contacted by email by someone named John He. This individual and I spoke many times through email over a time period of many months. We negotiated a lot and agreed on a settlement to my contract. I made arrangements with John to fly to Nanjing from Canada where he would pick me up and drive to Huaian. All was in order and He did meet me as promised on June 1st 2004. I was shown my apartment that I ended up sharing with John on a University Campus near the school. I was introduced to the Lady who owned the school and gave her my passport (yes I know that was a mistake). I was treated very well and given the usual pep talk and Friendship sessions and speeches normally done by most schools here. I was shocked to learn I was the only Foreigner working there seeing as I was informed there were 5 others working at the time I left Canada. I started working the next day, teaching very few hours, as there were very few students. Everything seemed to be going very well. Four nights after I started John came home after doing something, he sat down and spoke with me on some other school that was interested in him and asked what I thought. He then started telling me that the school I was at was going to screw me. He informed me that the school owner was going to keep my passport and not give it back, that they were going to change my contract and or not give me one. I was informed that they would not issue me a visa and wanted money for rent and many other things. John then informed me he could get my Passport back and that we could leave whenever I wanted to this other School and that would hire us both. I agreed to this and to paying his way to this other city as the school we were going to, agreed to repay me the money to go there. (I paid for John as he was leaving before payday and supposedly broke)John then produced my Passport the next day and we left the following day for Nanjing then to Taiyuan Shanxi PRC

Continued in Taiyuan Shanxi Modern English Thread.

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My email is [email protected]
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My yahoo is williamwwise

Sincerely
William Warren Wise
Canadian Living in China

[Roger]

So end the itineraries of so many westerners that listen to their Chinese hirer/recruiter/agent "friends".. He was an agent, and a crooked one at that. No doubt he got a commission for finding you, then loaned you to that "Modern" school, then had a falling-out with the director and withdrew from them.
The trouble is that you didn't clear things up in the first place: He's role? The director's job? Who would pay, how much, what other terms and conditions?
As for your passport - why rely on a go-between to talk to the director? Why not ask her for your passport?
And then, "lending" money to that He character??? Lending a native money in his own country???