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rioux · Joined: 26 Apr 2012 Posts: 880

18 years old and no experience?
Would that be "the lowest of the low"?

Shroob · Joined: 02 Aug 2010 Posts: 1339

rawera · Joined: 21 Aug 2012 Posts: 38

I can say I've gotten a job at a university with nothing more than a BA in English Lit. I am a bit concerned, though, as I've been asked to meet with "the president" and to "bring my teaching certification." uh huh.

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MisterButtkins · Joined: 03 Oct 2009 Posts: 1221

I met two British guys working for a private school who were just out of high school. Also met a 20 year old Swedish guy teaching on a tourist Visa.

RPMcMurphy · Joined: 22 Aug 2012 Posts: 90 Location: Australia

xiguagua · Joined: 09 Oct 2011 Posts: 768

A pulse. Seriously i've seen people out of high school "teaching", Many of the Chinese English teachers can't even speak the language, and i've seen enough foreigners here teaching Spoken English that barely know the language. As long as you're not a decomposed corpse you can find work.

Of course most of these schools that hire such people are not places you wanna be working anyway if you are qualified. Nothing is more embarrassing than having a Ph.D in English or Education with 50 years of Teaching English experience, and sitting at a crappy school making 4,000rmb per month and the other foreign teacher at your school dropped out of university, can't close his mouth to breath, looks like a western Xi Li Ge but....plays the guitar.

Denim-Maniac · Joined: 31 Jan 2012 Posts: 1238

Yeah ... the guitar is the deal-maker.

I do kinda wish I could play myself sometimes.

dakelei · Joined: 17 May 2009 Posts: 351 Location: USA

I've also encountered 18 y/o kids with no experience at all teaching here. And getting paid the same as me. It happens.

JamesD · Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 1:29 pm Post subject:

Whenever I see these topics I recall foreign language class from my uni days.
How would it feel to walk into class and find a 20 year old kid from Chichicastanega in tee shirt and jeans teaching Spanish by singing Feliz Navidad?

louislouis · Joined: 27 Jun 2012 Posts: 8

In my time in China, I met more blithering idiots claiming to be teachers, many of whom had fake credentials, than I could ever believe possible.

However, they were all drunken old 50 something sorts, who, despite their manifold personality disorders, knew how to play the game.

You're 18. You have no chance. Go to uni and realise that teaching in China is not anything to aspire toward.