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Robert A. Kerr - 2008-01-07

I have been through a few schools, and there have been the normal complaints. I think we have all experienced the chaotic schedules, some of us have had a unplanned trip to Hong Kong, and even poor living conditions.

This establishment was easily the worst position I had briefly held in my entire stay in China. Let me paint you a picture, a small class 19 students, one other foreign teacher who acts also as a director of studies, a Chinese woman who is also some sort of coordinator,and the man who hires you/director of the entire program who rarely visits. The program is leased within Mudu Advanced Senior High School which prepares students to obtain a bachelor's degree abroad.

The students hate the staff, although they took a liking to me (maybe because I wasn't a tyrant like the other teacher). The school has been through about 6 foreign teachers and many other staff members within 3 months. Even taxi drivers have told us about their quarrels with the staff within this program. They are impossible to work with, give no notification of anything, and expect you to follow any schedule they set. They play around with your passport, and change the contract (appendix) at will.

I have a huge laundry list of complaints but I just want to warn any teachers that, they expect you to teach four subjects... Mathematics, Science, Business and maybe Computers at a University level. Their courses are NOT focused on English but as I mentioned, preparing to study abroad. They will probably not give you the required information their program suggests they should(introductory package). They all around deceptive, deceiving and dastardly. They also only pay 6000 rmb to teach these courses.

Save yourself a load of headaches and avoid contacting anyone who goes by the name Lynn Ruan, Kenneth Kai or Derek Rogerson. These are a load of folks best avoided.

Thanks.

Messages In This Thread
BEWARE GAC-ACT Suzhou/Shanghai -- Robert A. Kerr -- 2008-01-07
Re: BEWARE GAC-ACT Suzhou/Shanghai -- Dragonized -- 2010-03-26
Re: BEWARE GAC-ACT Suzhou/Shanghai -- englishgibson -- 2010-03-26
Re: BEWARE GAC-ACT Suzhou/Shanghai -- Silver Fox -- 2010-03-26
Re: BEWARE GAC-ACT Suzhou/Shanghai -- englishgibson -- 2010-03-28
Re: BEWARE GAC-ACT Suzhou/Shanghai -- A-Z -- 2010-03-29
Re: BEWARE GAC-ACT Suzhou/Shanghai -- englishgibson -- 2010-03-30
Re: BEWARE GAC-ACT Suzhou/Shanghai -- englishgibson -- 2010-01-30
Re: BEWARE GAC-ACT Suzhou/Shanghai -- jim smith -- 2010-03-25
Re: BEWARE GAC-ACT Suzhou/Shanghai -- S.M. -- 2010-03-27
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