What can I say...? This place sucks the life out of you. If you value free time and/or spending time with family, this is NOT the place to go. You work 5.5 days a week, and you're REQUIRED to work the after school events (they call them parties, but you are forced to work - the only ones having fun are the kids).

The pay is about average for Shenzhen, but you must pay for everything yourself...your visa, your medical exam, your housing, taxes, etc...

You are given one day as a "sick" day off every two months, but you must get a doctor's note or you get pay deducted...which means you must pay to go see a doctor even if you only have cold and need bed rest...any more days that you take are deducted whether you get a note or not.

They say they use an American curriculum, but the closest they come is owning some Scholastic books (which they photocopy to their heart's desire) that sit on the library shelves and collect dust...the curriculum is written by the Head Teacher (a micromanager who hates anyone who questions her authority) and is basically a hodge-podge of material that makes no sense...

A trained monkey could do this job since all they want is a robot to do exactly what they say when they say to do it...I kid you not...at 9:05 every day I can tell you exactly what the kids and the teachers will be doing in EVERY class...cause it's all the same thing...NO CREATIVITY ALLOWED or you get written up!

The owner will promise you the moon, but does not deliver on them...she claims she is too busy and defers all questions back to the head teacher (who as I said, is a micromanager and whose favorite phrase is "Give it a try first and see if it works" in pertaining to why you must repeat "Ants on the Apple, Ah, Ah, Ah" twenty times).

There are a lot of jobs in Shenzhen and a lot better money with fewer hours and better conditions. Run away from this one!