You really should try rat meat. I heard that it is likely to strengthen efforts in MWGTism, lol.

I've never tried it. I don't want to try it!

The news is that Clifford serves rat meat in their school canteen! How delicious!

They say so indeed. And if you believe that Clifford in China employs native speakers, you are (unfortunately) wrong. At best, they are 100 % fluent in Chinglish. Cliffold is such a guhd skuuuul! And yes, that's Chinglish!
And you can correct all that when you work for them..

" If they do it's very likely that they haven't learned their English from a native born FT. You really must say 'Really Delicious.' You cannot say 'very delicious.' "

You did return the compliment and made an attempt to correct my English. I don't like second language types questioning what I say. As for the hyphen, you can include it or not according to emphasis. As for my lack of a period- obviously a hurried error; whereas "very tasty" is a mistake only forgivable in first-year-students

off topic
also off-topic
adjective
If you describe something that someone says or writes as off topic, you mean that it is not relevant to the current discussion; used especially of discussions on the Internet.
In addition to the 81 positive comments, 26 students had neutral, mixed, negative or off topic views.

Let me be clear, whores, rats and the like have no business being mentioned on a teachers' forum. Do I make myself clear?

They say so indeed. And if you believe that Clifford in China employs native speakers, you are (unfortunately) wrong. At best, they are 100 % fluent in Chinglish. Cliffold is such a guhd skuuuul! And yes, that's Chinglish!
And you can correct all that when you work for them..

" If they do it's very likely that they haven't learned their English from a native born FT. You really must say 'Really Delicious.' You cannot say 'very delicious.' "

They say it's very delicious. In sweet sour sauce...

"That they would serve rat meat in a canteen."

Do they say that indeed? If they do it's very likely that they haven't learned their English from a native born FT. You really must say 'Really Delicious.' You cannot say 'very delicious.' Having said that, rats should be off topic, We should concentrate on English, please. For crying out loud!

They say it's very delicious. In sweet sour sauce...

"That they would serve rat meat in a canteen."

Yes, the person you are replying to is known for her sweeping assumptions about people she has never met in person. And she totally lacks empathy for decent teachers in trouble. Not really a person I would wish to deal with in real life.

"Before making sweeping assumptions about a person, you might want to find out the details for yourself...it really makes you look quite stupid...."

Meat is meat to these people, why waste any of it.......

I have it on good authority that they serve rat meat in their canteen at Clifford School. Have a nice meal then and enjoy,lol.

"Clifford is a rat infested school in a industrial area, in the middle of waste land."

Clifford sucks, CGS sucks, all these schools fucking suck! All shit places run by filthy parasites. Believe me, I know, I am an expert on this!

Chuck, smart people avoid working for garbage places like Clifford. If you are qualified, you could actually do a lot better!

Helpful. Thanks a lot, Garth.

Please keep this thread alive. I am curious.

How would you know if he pulled a runner or not?

Obviously, pulling a runner is not a good idea, but in certain situations it's the only option.

I was never fired. I left on my own accord. I am not a disgruntled employee, though as I have said, I hated working for this school, as the admin and Western principal were horrible. You can check out reviews on sites such as international school reviews to see for yourself what others think of that place. I was not desperate to stay there; I could have found a job elsewhere (for visa purposes), but in my final year I didn't want any headaches and really didn't want the hassle of looking for a new job and securing a visa. It's pretty simple.

I received numerous letters of praise from parents and even one from the director (which no other teacher had received according to the director). I always performed my teaching duties with the utmost of professionalism. I completed all administrative work well ahead of due dates. I have letters from colleagues attesting to my work ethic and teaching skills. I could post them here, but I see no need to bother going to that degree.

During my 7 year tenure, I witnessed some extremely disturbing behaviour from so-called "teachers". One teacher would physically assault students, while others would verbally assault them with insults. "Stupid" was a word I heard a lot in certain classrooms. All these issues were brought to the attention of the leadership, but nothing was done. My direct supervisor was aware of these issues, yet did nothing to stop it. As I have said, the Western side of the admin was only in place for marketing purposes, so not only were they incompetent, they were a major part of the problem.

Was my false post necessary? Probably not. Should I have done it? No. Was it ethical? Hell no. However, as I have said, it was my final year and I didn't want any headaches and as the principal had a personal grudge against me, I thought it may help if I said good things about him and the school. Was my post the reason why I received the contract in my final year? I highly doubt it...it was just a coincidence.

In any event, I have some good memories of teaching in China. My first couple of years at this school were good mainly because I was still new and didn't know of all the problems. So if I hated it so much, why did I stay so long? Visa! Location! Convenience! I was not in China solely for the purposes of teaching!! I was there for other reasons...

Before making sweeping assumptions about a person, you might want to find out the details for yourself...it really makes you look quite stupid....