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Prisoner#1
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Re: teaching english in china? [Re: derx]
#8130058 - 03/10/08 11:53 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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meatcakeman said: While i was there, a local gang was going around into public bathrooms, injecting anesthetics into peoples ankles from under the stall walls, and then totally stripping them of all their organs.
WTF?
it's bullshit, a twist on an urban legend about a guy waking up after drinking with some chick, he wakes up in a tub full of ice and discoveres his kidney had been stolen for sale on the black market
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meatcakeman
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Re: teaching english in china? [Re: Prisoner#1]
#8130097 - 03/11/08 12:02 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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meatcakeman said: While i was there, a local gang was going around into public bathrooms, injecting anesthetics into peoples ankles from under the stall walls, and then totally stripping them of all their organs.
WTF?
it's bullshit, a twist on an urban legend about a guy waking up after drinking with some chick, he wakes up in a tub full of ice and discoveres his kidney had been stolen for sale on the black market
Yeah... except i used to LIVE in China. AND I am a Citizen of China.... and I watched it on the news....
but i mean don't listen to me
i'm just meatcakeman
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Re: teaching english in china? [Re: Prisoner#1]
#8130099 - 03/11/08 12:03 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Re: teaching english in china? [Re: Prisoner#1]
#8130113 - 03/11/08 12:08 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I know someone who's teaching English in China right now. If you want to go to a city (she's in Lijiang right now) you need a degree, preferably in an English-related field. But as go closer to Mongolia, or in any other less populated areas, a high school diploma is usually good enough. And in my friend's case, all you really need is a half-completed music degree at a community college and some photoshop skills. Also, they rarely check references except at the biggest, most commercial schools.
The cost of living is low, especially as many schools provide housing, but some basic items (like chips) can cost $5-10 depending on availability, so you need to be careful not to blow all your cash on American food. If you're eating like the locals though, no worries--groceries and restaurants are dirt cheap, and the quality is usually very good.
You also want to be careful with DVDs--the black market produces most of the DVDs sold there (even if they look professional) and the penalties for being caught with illegal DVDs are harsh. If you buy a movie from a street vendor there's a good chance it was filmed by hand in a movie theater, so the quality will be shit, and you might get some bonus features like people walking in front of the screen or talking.
OP, if you'd like to hear more from someone who's been doing it for a couple of years, PM me and I'll ask my friend if she'd mind talking to you about it more.
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Re: teaching english in china? [Re: mayfly]
#8132247 - 03/11/08 02:50 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I taught English in HK.
No degree. Just walked in, was white and spoke like an American, was teaching class a half hour later. I am serious. I think the conversion only put me at 12US a hour. But it was probably the easiest job I have ever worked. The students already knew English so I was only really pointing out correct pronunciations. Each day I would just photocopy a couple articles from a British newpaper, and have each student read a paragraph while I corrected their mistakes along the way, and just go around the room with that. And the other half the time they just had questions about America. And teaching me about China.
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Re: teaching english in china? [Re: meatcakeman]
#8132396 - 03/11/08 03:21 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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meatcakeman said: YES!!!!!!
wow.. I need to tell my mom. She watches CCTV every god damn day.
hey mom, so i was on the shroomery today.... lol
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Re: teaching english in china? [Re: fiasco]
#8132405 - 03/11/08 03:24 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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i was looking into doing that. it seems you need to spend around $1,000 on a TEFL (teach english as a foreign language) class, and pay for air fare then you're in. if you google TEFL you'll find all the info on it. there may be other ways of going about it, but that one and being sponsored by a company are the only ways i found when looking into it.
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