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Shan-Shan · Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 1074 Location: electric pastures

I received the following offer today, and can't quite make heads, tails, fins or tentacles of it. All elucidations welcome.

"Our the educational institution school or college address is living in the test elementary school in Jilin.
This term our courses through 20 days in August - you will work from monday to friday. You will have weekends off. The contract is 1 year ，Pay is around 4500-6000's RMBs / month. you will have an average of 20 teaching. Students are aged from 8 years old to 20 years old. May supply puts up.（You may choose ）Please pass on your picture to us with a copy of your resume.

Please reach your passport hard copy and issues me one such as the slice 。
Hope to hear from you soon..."

Or perhaps the school only wants experimental, post modern English for its young minds bored of industrial strength English.

Malsol · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 1976 Location: Lanzhou

Come on this is so typical. They are trying to prove how much they need you.

Jilin Elementry School seeks FT, Start August 20 and continue for one year, weekdays only, no weekends.

4,500 - 6,000 rmb for 20 hours teaching per week.

Students' ages range bwtween 8 and 20.

Housing supplied or you can rent your own apartment.

Email or FAX your passport photo page and mail a hard copy.

IF YOU CAN'T DECIPHER THIS, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TEACH IN CHINA?

Sinobear · Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 1269 Location: Purgatory

"Our school, and every other school we can farm you out to, is in Jilin. We have an electronic dictionary - that's the limits of the school's resources and technology. Starting August 20th, you will teach 20 hours a day, Monday through Friday. You will have weekends off...from teaching. Every Saturday and Sunday, you will be on parade or performing wonderful extra-curricular activities for us (with no pay - culture is its own reward) at local malls. Your contract should be one year, but it will be 10 months, or less, to ensure that we don't have to give you that wonderful 1-year bonus or airfare. Pay is 4500 RMB a month minus taxes and other (at our discretion) deductions. Students are whoever shows up in your class. Please be white!
It's been a slice!"

Cheers!

Yes, Malsol (the ESL Cafe's version of Spam), anyone can decipher that.
Edited due to failing eyesight (not insight)...darn old age.

Shan-Shan · Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 1074 Location: electric pastures

And, yes, I can decipher it, too. I am in China, and have been for a few years, and have been exposed to all manners of mangled English. I merely posted the above as a diversion, something for the amusement of all who have realized, or have yet to, just what a farce the ESL industry in China often is, and how it can both lighten and burden the heart.

Now, I'm not complaining; I roll with the absurdities, and often take great delight in them when my mood is right. I just wanted to share the linguistically liberating job offer I had received, and see if anyone might respond with like Delightful Absurdities for comparison.

Just a break, for a moment, from the Great Wage Debates. I'll make sure in the future not to make such a ridiculous post.