Topic: Moving to Asia to "teach" English
Harold !qZFKl2dobU started this discussion 2 weeks ago #122,563
Maybe I'll find an Asian hottie with a smile that's 80% gum!Normally women leave me when they realize I'm an awkward weirdo. I'll try an Asian!
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Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 2 weeks ago, 4 hours later[^] [v] #1,337,728
@OP
Sounds like you're off to a great start already.
Sounds like you're off to a great start already.
Bertha !/sbZ2LwRic joined in and replied with this 2 weeks ago, 2 hours later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,736
Ooh! Herro roverboy! I make you happy for everday! Everday! I make you shimp fied rice, broccori, egg rows, and Generar Tos Chicken. Make you fat rike me. I make you rove me rong, rong time! You want be my huband?Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 2 weeks ago, 6 hours later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,753
> Moving to Asia to "teach" EnglishMissing out on eating real Asian food.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 2 weeks ago, 1 hour later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,764
I've considered doing this for a few years now. Not to meet an asian hottie, though that would be a nice bonus. Good way to have something stable while you explore a new country. They'll take pretty much anyone with a bachelor's degree and no criminal record.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 2 weeks ago, 2 minutes later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,767
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Anon replied with this 2 weeks ago, 21 seconds later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,770
@1,337,764 (E)
I recommend you look at the blogs Expat Teachers have in China. Daily they complain about the horrid work conditions - Need for multiple jobs to survive and the horrid disgusting food.
Pick a city and find the blogs. You can join and directly chat with them. I did just for the laffs. Called myself "Stateside"
I recommend you look at the blogs Expat Teachers have in China. Daily they complain about the horrid work conditions - Need for multiple jobs to survive and the horrid disgusting food.
Pick a city and find the blogs. You can join and directly chat with them. I did just for the laffs. Called myself "Stateside"
Anonymous E replied with this 2 weeks ago, 1 minute later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,771
@previous (Anon)
I have next to zero interest in ever setting foot in China. I'd probably go to Japan
I have next to zero interest in ever setting foot in China. I'd probably go to Japan
Anonymous E double-posted this 2 weeks ago, 2 minutes later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,772
@1,337,770 (Anon)
Also I'm sure it varies wildly from city to city and school to school, because I've known americans who taught in China and say they had an overall good experience with adequate pay.
Also I'm sure it varies wildly from city to city and school to school, because I've known americans who taught in China and say they had an overall good experience with adequate pay.
Anon replied with this 2 weeks ago, 7 minutes later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,774
@previous (E)
Could be. I only looked at the city Indy went to. About the food. Issue all Expats Except Indy complained, that so much hot pepper was used to disguise the poor ingredients.
Could be. I only looked at the city Indy went to. About the food. Issue all Expats Except Indy complained, that so much hot pepper was used to disguise the poor ingredients.
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 2 weeks ago, 11 minutes later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,775
Anonymous G double-posted this 2 weeks ago, 20 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,777
Disgusting, sewer Kunming cuisine!Anon replied with this 2 weeks ago, 19 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,337,778
@1,337,775 (G)
Finding more laffs - Looked at current blog and was reminded of the amount of sickness from food. A constant complaint on the blogs - For instance current
"The sicklies"
There were two memorable American teachers that I’ll call Linda and Jim. I’m lumping them together because they both had the weakest immune systems I’ve ever encountered. I didn’t realise it was humanly possible to get sick as often as these two did, but clearly I was mistaken.
Neither of them could cope with the food, the environment or the lifestyle in China. They both got food poisoning at least twice a month, and although Jim usually held it together and managed to teach most of his classes, Linda was calling in sick almost every week. In the end, it wasn’t a case of whether she would call in sick, but what day she would do it. Many times I sauntered into school with a coffee on a morning, looking forward to nothing but office hours until lunch, only to be told with 15-minutes’ notice that I needed to cover one of Linda’s classes because she was sick.
@1,337,775 (G)
Sure it looks OK - Guess your and my eyes cannot see the hidden e-coli. Indy will also share how many gripes he got on the blog about the SUPER ULTRA UNBEARABLE HEAT Of the food in Kunming.. Indy lived for it yet every expat he knew was getting sick so often they gave up on street food.
One more
"The bad. It’s a usual complaint from expat English teachers in China is that the foreign teachers are treated like mushrooms – we are kept in the dark and fed s**t. So I might be in bed because my first class is a 10 and the phone will ring. ‘Doctor X where are you – you have a class’ I frantically check my phone diary. ‘ My class is at 10am.’ ‘No the time changed your class is now – quickly the students are waiting – didn’t anyone tell you?’"
Finding more laffs - Looked at current blog and was reminded of the amount of sickness from food. A constant complaint on the blogs - For instance current
"The sicklies"
There were two memorable American teachers that I’ll call Linda and Jim. I’m lumping them together because they both had the weakest immune systems I’ve ever encountered. I didn’t realise it was humanly possible to get sick as often as these two did, but clearly I was mistaken.
Neither of them could cope with the food, the environment or the lifestyle in China. They both got food poisoning at least twice a month, and although Jim usually held it together and managed to teach most of his classes, Linda was calling in sick almost every week. In the end, it wasn’t a case of whether she would call in sick, but what day she would do it. Many times I sauntered into school with a coffee on a morning, looking forward to nothing but office hours until lunch, only to be told with 15-minutes’ notice that I needed to cover one of Linda’s classes because she was sick.
@1,337,775 (G)
Sure it looks OK - Guess your and my eyes cannot see the hidden e-coli. Indy will also share how many gripes he got on the blog about the SUPER ULTRA UNBEARABLE HEAT Of the food in Kunming.. Indy lived for it yet every expat he knew was getting sick so often they gave up on street food.
One more
"The bad. It’s a usual complaint from expat English teachers in China is that the foreign teachers are treated like mushrooms – we are kept in the dark and fed s**t. So I might be in bed because my first class is a 10 and the phone will ring. ‘Doctor X where are you – you have a class’ I frantically check my phone diary. ‘ My class is at 10am.’ ‘No the time changed your class is now – quickly the students are waiting – didn’t anyone tell you?’"
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@1,337,764 (E)
I've done it myself, went to Japan for a year. It's a good way to see a new country, and I'd highly recommend it if you wanna take an extended trip. Word of warning, though- depending on which company you sign up with, you could end up with little say on where in the country you get placed. I knew of a few people who got placed in schools way out in the sticks.
That said, public transport in Japan is excellent, so you won't be truly isolated if you wanna get out and explore.
I've done it myself, went to Japan for a year. It's a good way to see a new country, and I'd highly recommend it if you wanna take an extended trip. Word of warning, though- depending on which company you sign up with, you could end up with little say on where in the country you get placed. I knew of a few people who got placed in schools way out in the sticks.
That said, public transport in Japan is excellent, so you won't be truly isolated if you wanna get out and explore.
Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 1 week ago, 5 days later, 6 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,338,565
Real Asian women look like this?