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Camerus

#120
July 21, 2009, 04:01:23 PM
I've got an education degree, and am teaching at a Canadian (Ontario) high school in Nanjing, China.  The pay and perks are pretty good.  If you're interested in China (and you probably aren't), I can give you some advice.

jimmy olsen

#121
July 21, 2009, 04:13:40 PM
Quote from: Pitiful Pathos on July 21, 2009, 04:01:23 PM
I've got an education degree, and am teaching at a Canadian (Ontario) high school in Nanjing, China.  The pay and perks are pretty good.  If you're interested in China (and you probably aren't), I can give you some advice.
Thanks for the offer, but yeah, I'm not interested in teaching in China.
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Josquius

#122
July 21, 2009, 04:20:46 PM
Quote from: Tamas on July 21, 2009, 02:47:22 PM
Just like Spellus should never visit the Middle East, you should never enter Japan. The massive gap between idealised expectations and harsh reality would be just too much of a shock.
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Jacob

#123
July 21, 2009, 04:21:05 PM
Quote from: Pitiful Pathos on July 21, 2009, 04:01:23 PM
I've got an education degree, and am teaching at a Canadian (Ontario) high school in Nanjing, China.  The pay and perks are pretty good.  If you're interested in China (and you probably aren't), I can give you some advice.

How's it going, by the way?  Do you have some sort of blog or updates or something?

Barrister

#124
July 21, 2009, 04:21:57 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 21, 2009, 04:13:40 PM
Quote from: Pitiful Pathos on July 21, 2009, 04:01:23 PM
I've got an education degree, and am teaching at a Canadian (Ontario) high school in Nanjing, China.  The pay and perks are pretty good.  If you're interested in China (and you probably aren't), I can give you some advice.
Thanks for the offer, but yeah, I'm not interested in teaching in China.

I wouldn't be so quick to discount it.  If you want to teach in Asia, China is a huge part of Asia.
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garbon

#125
July 21, 2009, 04:24:29 PM
I think Timmy just wants Japan. :contract:
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Barrister

#126
July 21, 2009, 04:25:12 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 21, 2009, 04:24:29 PM
I think Timmy just wants Japan. :contract:

And I think he's being silly if he only wants Japan.  :contract:
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derspiess

#127
July 21, 2009, 04:26:33 PM
Quote from: The Larch on July 21, 2009, 02:28:38 PM
I shudder to think at how sheltered and coccooned your life must have been (understandable due to your past condition) to get piqued to get out and see the world only at 20 something, after finishing university and thanks to a cozy family cruise through the Caribbean.

Better late than never, I guess.

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Admiral Yi

#128
July 21, 2009, 04:29:32 PM
If you end up going to Japan you need to prepare mentally for the gigantic bush.

Richard Hakluyt

#129
July 21, 2009, 04:29:38 PM
Japan is old hat, I reckon Tim should give China a go.

Or maybe India; they play cricket in India and it is a pleasingly chaotic and individualistic place, OTOH you can't drink the water  :huh:

alfred russel

#130
July 21, 2009, 04:31:38 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 21, 2009, 02:44:02 PM
Quote from: Jacob on July 21, 2009, 02:30:23 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 21, 2009, 01:32:21 PMCare to elaborate? Do the signs have English subtitles? How many people on the street have a conversational grasp of English?

It's not that bad.  Don't be a pussy.  Just go.  Japan is one of the easiest countries in the world to be a 20-something single white male in.  It's not about the details, it's about the attitude - lots of people won't speak English, lots of signs won't be in English and the cultural assumptions will be different than yours but you can't really get fucked up unless you're militantly belligerent and/or clueless so just go and have an adventure.

Just wondering, I'm definitely leaning towards doing it. I've always wanted to see Japan after all, and I don't think my local prospects are that great for a long term job right now.

Are teaching jobs for people with master's degrees in teaching hard to find now?
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garbon

#131
July 21, 2009, 04:34:40 PM
Quote from: derspiess on July 21, 2009, 04:26:33 PM
Hi, I'm America.  Have we met?

Americans sound awful. :x
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

derspiess

#132
July 21, 2009, 04:39:07 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 21, 2009, 04:34:40 PM
Americans sound awful. :x

Yeah.  But at least we bathe daily :)
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Barrister

#133
July 21, 2009, 04:41:41 PM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on July 21, 2009, 04:29:38 PM
Japan is old hat, I reckon Tim should give China a go.

Or maybe India; they play cricket in India and it is a pleasingly chaotic and individualistic place, OTOH you can't drink the water  :huh:

Again, I suspect there's little demand for English speakers in India, given the few centuries of English colonial rule. 
Posts here are my own private opinions.  I do not speak for my employer.

garbon

#134
July 21, 2009, 04:41:55 PM
Quote from: derspiess on July 21, 2009, 04:39:07 PM
Yeah.  But at least we bathe daily :)

^_^
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I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.
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