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China Tesol
Joined: 02 Jun 2006
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 Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:36 pm Post subject: Has any one taught English in China over ten years? |
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| I am writting a book about teaching English in China, need to collect some information and data, has any one taught English in China over ten years? |
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Bayden
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| I would suggest you teach English in China for ten years before writing the book then write from a personal perspective. How long have you taught English in China for? |
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saint57
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Location: Beyond the Dune Sea
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| I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood. |
George Carlin?
OP, I suggest PMing William Wallace. However, he is currently trying to escape China. |
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Super Mario
Joined: 27 May 2005
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Location: Australia, previously China
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Roger?
I hope China TESOL has a patient proofreader. Writting indeed, and don't even start me on sentence structure. |
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clomper
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In my previous town of Zhanjiang, a Canadian lady's been teaching at the same uni for more than 10 years. Last I remember she's running 15years at the uni. She has special status in the community already.
Claudine |
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saint57
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I hope China TESOL has a patient proofreader. Writting indeed, and don't even start me on sentence structure.
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dont leet supur mario desgorege you? persu you dreem. |
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Super Mario
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| Dyslexia rules KO. |
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saint57
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Dyslexia rules KO.
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You bad man! |
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vikdk
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no it should be more like...
do not let the lassy super mary disconverge you from your selfemunirating purpose  |
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therock
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
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10 years teaching in China?  Doubt there would be many people who have done that. There are probably quite a few who have been teaching here for 5 years. Most people get sick of the place after a year or two. |
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kev7161
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No, but it FEELS like 10 years!  |
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amandabarrick
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I know a man in my city who has been teaching for 9 years at the same school. He is a little eccentric though. I wonder if he was odd before coming to China, or if being in China for so long has caused him to acquire these traits.
The ultimate question. Does teaching in China cause one to lose his/her mind as a result, or is the decision to teach in China for a long period of time evidence of madness.
--AB |
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NorbertRadd
Joined: 03 Mar 2005
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To amanda: the folks who come here, besides backpackers, pro-eslers, and language students, are from the fringe.
I've taught 7 years full time and part time in Taipei and China, as well as almost 3 years in Seoul, Daegu, Daejeon, and Suwon. |
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Gorak
Joined: 29 May 2006
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The ultimate question. Does teaching in China cause one to lose his/her mind as a result, or is the decision to teach in China for a long period of time evidence of madness.
--AB |
Let me have a go at this ultimate question. Social environments can bring out predisposed personality traits. For example, a person may not have opportunities to be express certain traits in his/her home country. A typical example can be found with Western men, unable to share power with Western women in relationships, coming to Asia to express their trait of dominance.
If they stayed in their home countries, they would be labeled as Losers. Here, in Asia, many women see them as Winners.
To your question. For many FTs, coming to China, leaving behind almost everybody and everything, probably had a predisposed trait of ? (irresponsibility? adventure? madness?). The social environment in China, being completely opposite (read cultural differences or chaos) to such FTs - allows them to express their predisposed traits (read borderline personality disorders?) |
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