Wu Mao Basher
- 2014-05-07
The only garbage I can see is English@ pretend "school" and those running it.He really is garbage.
China is full of such garbage.
M. O.
- 2014-05-07
It's amazing what you find out after posting a few things online. A former employee of his came forward and filled me in on how the wife threatened them when they quit and how Alexander was messaging an employee after his deportation telling her what to teach (because he had no curriculum, I presume) and how (Al) was asking this girl if he had a chance to date her despite knowing of her boyfriend. He really is garbage.
MO
- 2014-04-28
It appears that Al can't recruit his own teachers, so he is going through Find Work Abroad where they don't even tell candidates any information about the schools they are sending them to (they don't even post the school's name in the ads).
Here is his ad:
Posted April 28th, 2014 by Find Work Abroad2
Here is a western owned company looking for English teachers to teach in their 3 training centers in Bao'an district, Shenzhen now and April. Its nice environment will make you quite comfortable there. And among the three centers, one near bao'an stadium station, one near xixiang station, and the other one fifteen minutes walk from xixiang station. The students age 3-15 years old, usually around 3-6 years old. A class is consisted of less than 6 students. You will get Chinese teaching Assistant each class.The salary is {phone number hidden}rmb per month. One full day off and two half days off , in total 40 hours, including less than 25 teaching hours a week. The curriculum is flexible though the content is set down, you can take your own way to teach. And you need to teach grammar at some time, you can apply your own knowledge. If you are not experienced, it won't be hard either, as if you are willing to learn.We are looking for perfect English accent teachers no matter native or non-native with good habits to take this position. No smokers or drinkers accepted. If you are active, have a sense of humor, you will be much preferred. And we require you to sign at least 2 years contract. After you finish 2 years contract, 25,000rmb allowance will be offered, it will not be got until you finish 2 years contract. F visa can be processed. If you are interested in this position, please log in our website apply for it asap. And the interview will include technical questions related to teaching vocabulary and grammar.
Salary: {phone number hidden}RMB /Month
Accommodation: Not provided
Contract term: 1-year
Type: Full time
"The curriculum is flexible though the content is set down..." LOL!!!!!!! You should have seen THAT MESS of a course outline. The guy sells courses to parents that don't even have a curriculum or materials. His center isn't exactly rich in resources either. It's just you, a few flashcards, a blackboard, and YOUR laptop. No books, no curriculum... no hope. And yes, you DEFINITELY need a sense of humor for this job because it's one MASSIVE joke. Everything about this ad is misleading. The starting salary is 12k. I believe he hired one poor soul who was at 11k and he didn't last a month. Who could blame him for not sticking around. The two half days off is complete BS too. You're still teaching on a full schedule. The difference is, you are planning at home as opposed to being in the office. On my "half days" there was no way I could go in at 4:30pm (as scheduled) and plan for 3 classes that begin at 5:20. They also obtain L visas for teachers, so you're teaching illegally on a tourist visa the entire time you're there.
I saw this ad posted twice today on Shenzhen Party. It appears as if someone is a little hard up for teachers.
M. O.
- 2014-04-08
Oh you have no idea. The guy thinks he's the Nikola Tesla of the ESL world.
We have guy who did privates and worked at Meten English. He married his 22 year old student (I think it was a business arrangement. He's 41/42) and thought to himself "how can I get involved in this oversaturated market?" He isn't exactly innovative... moreso thrifty and deluded. This was the first place I've ever worked where no books were used. We had a messy notebook filled with worksheets he threw together and used for his private lessons. None of them were ever in order either. I ended up having to use my own stuff the majority of the time. There were so many typos on his stuff, he couldn't have spent more than 10 minutes on them. No media. No resources. Nothing. Your laptop and Google are your best friends. He's also anti-game. So imagine a class with no games, books, etc. My heart goes out to the kids and the parents throwing their money away. He has a very high opinion of himself, to boot and he hasn't realized yet that no one else shares this view on him and his teaching. He waltzes in 5-10 mintes before the start of a class and jotted his "lesson plans" down on a piece of scrap paper or an old envelope. After I left he proceeds to say that I'm an "okay teacher by Shenzhen standards." I thought to myself #1 you're a tool and #2 that says a lot about your centers' standards, doesn't it? Hiring teachers that are merely "okay". Did I mention that he NEVER observed me or had given me feedback on my teaching? He loves blackboards and is totally against whiteboards for some unknown reason. I'm convinced he still uses an abacus. The classes I was supposed to teach with no curriculum developed for it was especially fun. Man, one thing I can say is that I will not make this mistake ever again.
Even their logo is pretty lame.
