In response to Re: Dalian Ealing International College (Cici J)

Alright, Ealing, let's hear from you.

You seem to be getting a tremendous amount of very, very bad press around here on and on other sites.

Firstly, Cici J. writes that

Secondly, you claim to be a "college". That is a serious misnomer at best. You are 100%

a Province-of-Liaoning recognised College. It's easy enough to check that one out with the local Education Department. You are just another run-of-the-mill language training centre, in a city that is overflowing with run-of-the-mill language training centres.

Thirdly, you claim all of these British Government affiliations -- and not one of the affiliations that you claim is true. Not one -- not one.

Fourthly, you have serious, serious problems in getting proper visas for your foreign teachers and many of them end up working on "F" visas, "L" visas, and all kinds of other illegal devices. Everyone in Dalian knows that about you.

Fifth, you farm out your teachers to all kinds of government schools in the greater Dalian area and you require your teachers to travel hours and hours in between assignments. In the - 20 C. Dalian winters, that can be quite miserable. In reality, a 30-hour workweek is actually a 50-hour workweek. Most of the schools to which you farm out your teachers are "ineligible" under government rules to have foreign teachers. Now what does that say?

Sixth, you claim to require 20 more teachers which would mean that you would have 30 teachers on strength and anyone-but-anyone that knows you in Dalian knows that isn't true.

Seventh, the money you pay is on the LOW SIDE for Dalian for 30 + hours a week and all of that travel. Any respectable "uni" in Dalian will pay the paltry sum of RMB 4,500 - RMB 5,000 for less than 16 hours per week with lots of time for privates on the side.

Eighth, a certain percentage(probably 30%) of your "foreign" teachers are

even native speakers, meaning that they don't come from the list of the Big 5 scheduled countries, which makes it cheaper for you to hire them, on the one hand, and nearly impossible under current Dalian FEB rules, on the other, for you to secure them the proper FEC and work resident permits.

Now, there are the "scientific" reasons why any foreign teacher seeking employment in Dalian might wish to give this school a "pass". These are verifiable, "scientific" meaning based upon facts, reasons.