First of all, how the hell would you know the amount of money my parents have?

Can you bark?

If not, go back to that Oasis place and ask the principal to do his bloody job - to teach you barking like a dog. It's a mandatory subject in that wonderful Cambridge curriculum that this excellent "school" is supposed to teach!

To apply at this rubbish pretend "school"? ---No way!! Never!!!!!!!
Destroy that golden toilette in the reception hall before meeting the king! The king is the dog of a hen laying eggs and who is sitting in the principal's office!
It is because the principal's office is actually a chicken stable!

Hello, I have been to Green Oasis and I think it is a fabulous school. The teachers are kind and patient, so the people who are thinking about writing bad comments about the school shouldn't.

Oh, why would they be thinking about writing bad comments? Because the sports facilities weren't up to scratch?

Is this a review from a student? This is a board for teachers, stick to your own Chinese language forums about private schools where you and your nouveau riche parents can make pathetic complaints about teachers having Australian/British accents, being too fat, too black or whatever.

You've got to love how this school unintentionally admitted their guilt in advance with this post.

The rest of the staff are also very good so haters, back off.

And what are you going to do about it, young man? Tell me that your father is Li Gang?

Ah yes!
Green Oasis is an old chestnut on this board. Anyway, best to be avoided as a potential employer in my view.

Certain now that existing principal hates all his staff and loves sending very harmful references for staff and informing of personal ideas together with family plans to guarantee that all teachers who wish to leave do not successful. Growing more conscious of this and can’t appreciate it. Please guard. Near and associated schools and companies advised.

Hi,

I have been teaching at Green Oasis as a specialist teacher for 2 years - next school year I am moving to a school in Shanghai, because I wish to live in a city with more cultural activities.

It is a unfair that there are so many negative comments about Green Oasis - it may have had problems a few years ago but since I have been at the school I have had no complaints, other than the medical insurance could be a little better.

The pay is good, the living allowance is great, the class sizes are relatively small and the hours I have to teach are far smaller than at International schools. The facilities are excellent with the annual budget more than generous.

Every school has problems, especially in China, and I have heard about problems Green Oasis had in the past but the current administrative staff is very fair and supportive and it is a good school for the above mentioned reasons.

mike

I have no direct knowledge of your school, one way or the other.

That being said, I have just waded -- and waded is indeed the word -- through the approximately thirty (30) posts of complaints about your school, some of which are quite dated, and some of which are quite recent. I attempted to read them in an as neutral light as possible, given what you have written here as I have no ax to grind with this school.

That being said, however, there are some issues which you might care to address here to clarify some of these issues.

(1) Does Green Acres continue to have on-going visa problems with the hiring of foreign teachers?

(2) Has Green Acres discontinued what appears to be a well-documented practice on this Board of employing foreign teachers, bringing them to Shenzhen, then firing these foreign teachers ipso facto when it is available to find a replacement who will work for less money? Please be aware that this is a particularly egregious practice.

(3) Based upon what has been written here, again of some if old and some of it more recent, has Green Acres staunched the "revolving door-come-and-go-midnight-runner" teacher employment problem that has been so commented upon here? Again, that is a serious issue.

(4) Does or does not Green Acres have its own educational facilities or does or does not Green Acres merely rent space in a local Chinese school?

(5) I have reviewed the foreign teachers currently employed by Green Acres and am truly stunned to see that most of the foreign teachers do NOT come from the approved list of Big 5 countries but rather many of them are from countries where English is truly not the national language. Is this an attempt to save money by the school?

(6) Upon reading the school's website, it is quite clear that the benefits offered by Green Acres are quite below par, particularly for Shenzhen, i.e., a very basic medical insurance scheme, an accommodation allowance which needs to be supplemented by the teacher in order to have a proper apartment, a curious array of statutory holidays some paid, and others not paid, airfare reimbursement that is far less than that offered by any other school in Shenzhen, etc., etc.

It was nice that you took the time to share your thoughts with those on this Board. It would have been better, however, instead of attempting to cover the previous teachers with opprobrium to address factually the issues, such as where and how the school has failed in the past, which is obvious by the plethora of comments on this board, and where and how the school has sought remedy and ameliorate those failings at present.

What is this guy smoking then..I guess it's not ordinary cigarettes?

Yes, you are correct.

Sadly Shenzhen supposedly has the repuatation of having the highest proportion of educated people out of all of the cities in China. In other words you will find more people with master's degrees and PHD's than anywhere else in China. It's supposed to be a more "open" city.

Educated people can be the biggest snobs. Many of those with master's degrees and PhD's have spent most of their lives immersed in books, to the detriment of having obtained an education in life. They have shut themselves up in their own ivory towers, and know little about what's going on in the world. Avoid teaching there, you'll meet too many snobs, and people who think money is everything! You are better to teach in the backward places. There, you can experience the real China.

Seriously, tyrants like these only will find a home in the crappy world of ESL teaching in China. Foreigners and local weasels who decide that they need to take their inferiority complex issues or whatever problems they have out on strangers by masqerading behind the noble mask of education. Education is supposed to be something which is noble, even holy if the teachers can truly reach an enlightened level. But NO here in China it's less respected than even sleazy businesses (I'm not talking about the "education" business here) which run rampant and a couple of totems below even the lowest federal worker. The status of being a teacher here can truly make people cry. Lack of public, non-profit educational enterprises, lack of cultural education thinktanks within the general masses, lack of a moral code of knowing when to stop JUST THINKING ABOUT MONEY.

Sadly Shenzhen supposedly has the repuatation of having the highest proportion of educated people out of all of the cities in China. In other words you will find more people with master's degrees and PHD's than anywhere else in China. It's supposed to be a more "open" city. Unfortunately human capacity once again fails to catch up to hardware capacity as we see the exposure of another crap school hiding behind pretty furniture, shiny lights, and wonderfully desiged websites advertising how great this "school" is.

The Kipper strikes again, rocking the bull frog society. In true form the Kipper, whose name refers to the GUTLESS, 2 EYED, 2 FACED, Smoked herring , usually from Scotland.
The latest victim is Cyclone Tracey Frog, terminated for telling the truth.
This means the total that have been terminated or left the school because of The Kipper stand at a staggering:
8 Aussies, 3 Welsh, 3 Filipinos, 4 Chinese, 2 Brits, 1 Swede, 2 Yanks

and amazingly this is only at 1 school. News has it that any one who challenges the Kipper and his knee jerk management style has been terminated over the years. There must be 100's who have been dealt The Kippers, Hitler like termination of those, who were game to challenge his credibility and antiquated educational philosophy.

It seemes that only sardines or little kippers stand a chance of staying in his school. Sardines, by the way, are small little fish, that follow each other, brainlessly. Little Kippers are those who have been trained by The Kipper, and are usually natives from north of the English boarder and the US. They often swear that they do not agree with The Kipper but actually everyone knows that they have secret meetings to plan their next LIE.
The Kippers gets his strength from his henchmen..usually Matriarchal Sharks who are always ready to line there pockets with backhanders. There are fearless, in their terminations as well, especiually when caught red handed , in the till.....actually these poor souls have made a solid career in taking their huge cut of the schools finance. They have been doing it for years..
By the way.. the word also has it that the 3 girls sacked in 2008 did have their visa and the police asked the school why they were not employed..one of the sharks paid a backhander for it to be covered up.

i think you really don't think you know where i came from because i live in london!I am not a teacher in green oasis school.My friend who is a teacher there said that it is a great school,GREEN OASIS SCHOOL.it's just one person who faled to get a job there ,why make such a big fuss out of it?why can't anyone else try to get a job there .maybe they will succeed!who knows?But it is a great school from what i have heard.

hi,
Well,by the way you applied to the chinese school or international school?

Amelia

Green Oasis,Shenzhen is apparently no oasis.

Quote from MANDREIA'S post of 27.9.2008:

"mAYBE SHE couldn't be a good teacher so instead of hurting her feelings they must have said visa problems!"

If the above is accepted as a right and proper way for a school that has the right to hire foreign teachers to behave,then I'm a Chinaman!

If that is what indeed has happened at Green Oasis in Shenzhen,the school should be heavily fined and stripped of its right to hire foreign teachers forever.

I would like to share my recent experience:

I was just waiting for the release of my Residence Permit (for foreigners) but something happened A few days before it should be release, I was informed by my immediate superiors that they couldnt process it because my country was banned to work/enter in China! I asked for an official letter of explanation but when I received it; they just wrote: We are unable to process the correct documents for residency in the Peoples Republic of China. The contract has not been terminated because of any professional or academic reason. They did not write the main reson that they told me that my country is banned in China.

If the people of my country are not permitted to enter/work in China, I should not be given a Z Work Visa. I entered China using the Z Work Visa and I did not have any problem in the immigration section of the airport. I also have many friends teaching in different parts of China so how could I accept this ridiculous reason? How come that I was just waiting for the release of my Residence Permit then they would tell me that it was not approved. By the way, they did not even show me the paper saying that my application for residency was disapproved.

My friends relatives in my country of origin reported my case in the Chinese Embassy regarding this matter. The Chinese Embassy told my relatives that it is NOT TRUE because they are giving/releasing work visas and there is no new regulation about this matter Aside from this, they gave copies of Rules and Regulations and other supporting documents about my concerns.

I also went to the Consulates Office of my country in China. After explaining what happened to me, the attach told me that it is NOT TRUE because there are lots of teachers (from my country) who are working in China. At this point, it is very clear that the problem is in the school.

The Board did not explain to me/us (its not only me!) personally about this problem. My principal just informed us that we need to leave China as soon as possible. I dont have enough time anymore to stay because they just told me a few days before my 30th day in China. I have no choice than to come back in my own country bringing all the emotions inside me. First, the reason for the termination of my contract was not clearly explained (verbally and in written). Now, I saw from a job website that they are looking for new teachers and the salaries are lower than what they offered to me/us

In addition to this, the liaison officer of the school was directed/ instructed to stop all work for processing the necessary documents for us (my colleagues too). That's why when I asked the liaison officer about my residence permit, she couldn't answer me. We suspect that the school has bribed an official/s for this situation to have occurred. They just want to replace us with the other foreign teachers.

The school used to be a Chinese School then it was bought in 2008, to become an International School that caters to Elementary/Primary School to Middle School. There was a Chinese woman that managed to have the authority as to who to employ in our school like the driver, canteen workers etc. All of them are related to this famous Chinese woman. There was an obvious struggle of power between Chinese office personnel and the foreign principal.

I am posting my experience here to warn everybody; to be careful in accepting job offers in China especially from this school in Shenzhen. I hope that you could find a good job in this country and what happened to me would not happen to anyone else. In this way, there would be no more another victim/s of this school