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tianjindave - 2012-08-14
In response to Re: Making the right career choices (foxy)

The strange thing is that many ads for FTs for the private sector do not insist on job applicants meeting the minimum requirements academic qualification-wise that have been stipulated by the Chinese authorities as necessary for the award of an FEC and hence a Z visa. Surely this means that there will be FTs employed by private English schools in China who would be ineligble for the vast majority of public schools/universities that almost always demand their FTs to have a university degree. The so-called unqualified FTs employed in the private sector at present are almost always marginalized re getting alternative employment in the public sector.
It's true that GWs in the private sector with degrees and TEFL would switch to competing for public sector jobs, but not by any means many of them - they would dislike working for average pay in small cities and counties where it would be difficult for them to find second jobs that would occupy a large proportion of their free time to enrich themselves to some extent by working the kind of long and unsociable hours overall they formerly put in at private schools. Since they are qualified academically to get working visas in other countries too, I suspect they'd apply for private sector teaching jobs elsewhere instead of continuing their teaching careers China.
As I prefer teaching in the backwater places of China that have neither Western fast food chain restaurants nor more than a couple of Westerners in town, I doubt there would be increased competition from ex training centre GWs for the kind of public sector jobs that I choose to apply for.
The reason I am against the private sector of EFL teaching in China is that there are too many horror stories emanating from there about FTs being used and abused! I shall discard the kind of self-serving reasons you suggest for keeping Chinese private English schools open. They should all be closed down for good by the relevant authorities here, and the sooner the better, that's my view!
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Half of all degrees offered and accepted by state Universities are proffered by wily street-wise older teachers and are potato-stamp degrees. Mind you I come from a generation which used to say if you are good enough to fib your way into a job, you're good enough to hold it. They are more than adequate to teach in China.

As for the rest of what you say, I'm sure there's a lot in it-I will think on what you said. I merely offered a...lets see.....an additional consideration; and you have made a marvellous start. Well done that man.

Messages In This Thread
Re: Making the right career choices -- foxy -- 2012-08-14
Re: Making the right career choices -- Dragonized -- 2012-08-14
Re: Making the right career choices -- tianjindave -- 2012-08-14
Re: Making the right career choices -- foxy -- 2012-08-14
Re: Making the right career choices -- croydonboy -- 2012-08-15
Re: Making the right career choices -- tianjindave -- 2012-08-14
Re: Making the right career choices -- foxy -- 2012-08-14
Re: Making the right career choices -- Dragonized -- 2012-08-16
Re: Making the right career choices -- tianjindave -- 2012-08-15
Re: Making the right career choices -- tianjindave -- 2012-08-15
Re: Making the right career choices -- Moonstruck -- 2012-08-14
Re: Making the right career choices -- tianjindave -- 2012-08-14
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