Agreed. Go to your new school before signing any contract. This means you'll be paying for your ticket up front. No problem. Simply demand any contract you sign upon arrive stipulate you'll be getting a reimbursement, preferably in a LUMP SUM. Don't go for the "I'll reimburse you at 50 bucks a month" baloney. Get it ALL at one go.
If one can't afford to buy a ticket up front, he shouldn't be going overseas to do TESOL. NEVER go overseas to teach at these schools when you're broke. Hock your car, hock your bikes, hock whatever. Buying the ticket there may be only the first ticket you'll have to buy. If you don't like your new digs, you may have to buy a second ticket OUT. It's this or being "stuck", meaning it'd be your own damn fault and you'd have no right to invite anyone to your pity party.
- Beware of Han Bao Electronics (Sandy)--Job in Quanzhou - Teachers discussion -- taurus -- 2006-01-31
- Make the Employer Pay for the Flight or No GO - Teachers Discussion -- Robin Day -- 2006-06-20
- True. But there's a catch, as always. - Teachers Discussion -- Rheno747, B.A., M.A., PhD, Hard Knocks U -- 2006-06-20
- I did what Rheno suggests:reimbursement - Teachers Discussion -- Robin Day B.Sc. M.Sc. B.Ed. -- 2006-06-21
- That's one thing I've not been able to get out of people -- Rheno747, B.A., M.A., PhD, Hard Knocks U -- 2006-06-21
- Rheno Rheno Rheno -- Robin Day B.Sc. MSc. B.Ed. -- 2006-06-21
- Between you, Robin, and my new colleague here...... - Teachers Discussion -- Rheno747 -- 2006-06-23
- Misconception Rheno, Korea, China and Japan - Teachers Discussion -- Robin Day -- 2006-06-25
- My days here could be numbered.... - Teachers Discussion -- Rheno747, B.A., M.A., PhD, Hard Knocks U -- 2006-06-28
- Misconception Rheno, Korea, China and Japan - Teachers Discussion -- Robin Day -- 2006-06-25
- Between you, Robin, and my new colleague here...... - Teachers Discussion -- Rheno747 -- 2006-06-23
- Rheno Rheno Rheno -- Robin Day B.Sc. MSc. B.Ed. -- 2006-06-21
- That's one thing I've not been able to get out of people -- Rheno747, B.A., M.A., PhD, Hard Knocks U -- 2006-06-21
- Re: flights - Teachers Discussion -- DB -- 2006-06-20
- Go there first, absolutely. - Teachers Discussion -- Rheno747, B.A., M.A., PhD, Hard Knocks U -- 2006-06-21
- Rheno is right: Be prepared to Leave. - Teachers Discussion -- Robin Day B.Sc. MSc. B.Ed. -- 2006-06-21
- I hope that SK door is still open. - Teachers Discussion -- Rheno747, B.A., M.A., PhD, Hard Knocks U -- 2006-06-22
- DB I agree with your Plan - Teachers Discussion -- Robin Day -- 2006-06-20
- Rheno is right: Be prepared to Leave. - Teachers Discussion -- Robin Day B.Sc. MSc. B.Ed. -- 2006-06-21
- I did what Rheno suggests:reimbursement - Teachers Discussion -- Robin Day B.Sc. M.Sc. B.Ed. -- 2006-06-21
- Beware of Capital Language School in Zhongshan! - Teachers discussion -- Alex Wu -- 2006-02-01
- Flora Xu is a slave driver - Teachers Discussion -- Alex Jade -- 2006-06-18
- Alex Jade or Alex Wimp - Teachers Discussion -- Dragon Slayer -- 2006-06-18
- Agreed. And some of us already know we have spines going in. - Teachers Discussion -- Rheno747 -- 2006-06-19
- need help to get a teaching position - Teachers Discussion -- Francis Tang -- 2006-06-05
- Alex Jade or Alex Wimp - Teachers Discussion -- Dragon Slayer -- 2006-06-18
- My latest English lesson--a series and a bulleted list - Teachers discussion -- Rheno747 -- 2006-02-01
- True. But there's a catch, as always. - Teachers Discussion -- Rheno747, B.A., M.A., PhD, Hard Knocks U -- 2006-06-20
- Make the Employer Pay for the Flight or No GO - Teachers Discussion -- Robin Day -- 2006-06-20