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JohnML
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 Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 7:09 am Post subject: |
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| TheUrbanMyth wrote: |
Well I figured two things were enough of a critique for now:)...However I do want to point out one thing further (from your post this time)
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| Even international teachers are only given basic compensation to find a low tier apartment in large cities. Normal TEFL folks are given enough to find shared accommodation, if they want their own place they have to cover it with their salary |
This may be the case in large cities such as Beijing and Shanghai...but in most places/small cities...free accommodation seems to be the norm now...at least in the ads I have seen. This is also the case in my personal situation. I live in a nice large apartment which includes a living room, bed room, kitchen and bathroom/laundry area. Sure, it's not the newest place but both the rent and utilities (including A/C and heating) are covered by the school.
But back to the point...yes ESL (with the exception of a few here and there) is not a well-paid gig. On the other hand one doesn't generally get into ESL teaching with the idea of becoming rich. |
I completely agree with everything you said. In smaller cities almost all jobs come with free accommodation and 50% of them provide decent apartments. I was just using that posters example of a large city, sorry if my post came across differently. Shanghai/BJ are completely different though as are places like guangzhou. I've lived in quite a few of these cities.
You would be surprised though the amount of people who describe ESL as a high money career though. They also advertise/skew wages and tuition to make it seem better than it is. A pet peeve of mine is people who give out false information, this is how people make poor decisions. So I call them out when I see them.
It seems as if you have an extremely realistic outlook on it and seem to enjoy your job/life a lot. I somewhat envy you because ESL is an extremely rewarding career if you are not money orientated. If money was of no concern I'd not be working in Korea in a professional capacity as I am now I would probably be like yourself back in China teaching children. |
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