Most English Training Centres in Suzhou (Jiangsu, China) are facing dire problems, mostly in terms of management issues - or actually the lack of management. Foreigners living, working and teaching .

Most English Training Centres in Suzhou (Jiangsu, China) are facing dire problems, mostly in terms of management issues - or actually the lack of management.

Foreigners living, working and teaching in Suzhou have long tethers. Actually we tend to overlook (f**k-ups) and continue to teach, turn up on time, despite Historically famous and fabulous f**k-ups.

The amount of external assessment by School Managerial staff is 'to quote a phrase' - abysmal.

There will be an unpleasant exodus of Foreign Teachers, as we continue to face a raft of issues.

Students who can only utter the phrase " The Government".... ten times before "The Army....." when dealing with floods...Oh, Pullllease.

God help me if I turn up 79 minutes early to prepare for a class I have taught 27 times before.

Got one chick, wept in an office. Whined. Bleated.

You wimper because you don't or haven't bothered to learn the word 'competition' in Chinese on your electronic dictionary, or use the Internet home connection ? Lazy. You're studying Business English, and you turn up, expecting me to teach you these terms in chinese ?

Ah, for f**ks sake. I learned Chinese at Suzhou University. Yeah, surprise, we're going to study *this* tomorrow, you have the textbook and the computers.  You STUDY. Get STRONG.

I actually find out this sh*t. You do it ! I am getting much tougher, sick of ooooh, I'm busy....

Laziness. Pure and simple lazy.

Glad it's not my 12 grand handout.

Foreign Teachers are now planning to leave the Spider. In spades.
Trust me, they're dropping like flies. Seriously ! Some get fired. Most run early or finish their contracts with honesty. Quizically, new ones turn up every month or so to replace the miscreants who fled.

When I get my new 1 year Residence Permit and new Foreign Expert Certificate from the Public Security Bureau I'll be a mere memory.

Sure, I'll refund the rebate for the Health Check and Permit processing fees back to the spider (gotta leave with dignity, might want a bolt-hole in the future, and keep my hand in, as I have done since the spider spun its first web) but part-time at an International Kindergarten has the same appeal to me as a syringe of heroin to a junkie.

I don't like working until 9 pm, for 40% or so less than our colleagues in Shanghai who use the exact same teaching material, the same hours. Let's see, 9,500 vs 16,000. Myth Busted.

Mornings are good, I'd like 2.5 hours a day, maybe do some part-time in-home later, tutoring for coins.

I'm outa here soon. Sick of using Chinese to explain things to really "busy" students- in lieu of English. THIS IS AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING CENTRE. Your lack of preparation for class is NOT my problem, it's yours.

I don't mind if you cry. In fact, I don't care. If you tried, I would care, smile, praise you in front of the other students, give you enormous face. I would encourage you so much. Set an example for the other students.

However, if your life consists of hot-pot dinners and learning English is some kind of novelty to boast about with your friends for 'face' then Honey, get real.

That's the reality of teaching English..... I'd say across China.

Just don't piss and moan about the nasty foreign teacher who politely asked to see your homework (which you had not done) then that hated foreigner reminded you to DO IT. You're back-coursed babe.

Spider has rules.

On the other hand, I have had delightful classes in Business Intermediate. These ladies (no men, mind you).

One lady, a Chinese H.R. manager at an International firm pipes up:

"Chinese People are so rude."

Foreigner (me) "What"

(J. refuses to talk about these things, he is a guest in China)

"Chinese people have no manners, no politeness, no consideration"

J:" But, my wife, Mei-mei treat me very kindly., thousands of RMB given as salary and hong-bao."

Later.

They do, and they are real people. Later. Thank you for watching. Jamiesons-luck-new1