if you see an ad for a teacher at changchu city one thing to keep in mind it's not like the ad states, when u are teaching you will have as many as 0ne to 35 students in a class and sometimes you dont get an assitant to help you, in that case you will be put in a classroom with a bunch of unrudy kids, they cant or do not know know what u are saying so they will do whatever they feel like to do. i went to changchun to teach these kids, the school knew that i had no previous teaching experience, but i was expected to say that i had months of experience so the school would hire me to teach. it was a bad experience. plus the apt i was staying in wasn't very nice, no heat and so noisy it was hard to sleep, sorry to say changchun city was the most dirtest place i ever live in, i was there for about 11/2 monts and that was to long. i would encourage anyone to seek another place to work, onr thing i found that the other teachers was great, Al i know you will read this so i hope the best i am back in canada now among the land of the living Yessssssssssssssssssss

Dear Mr. Alnoor

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I taught in Changchun back in 2004. It was my first experience in China. At that time, I worked for a company named, Tian Shuo. The company treated me poorly. I was lied to daily. I had to fight to get paid for every hour that I worked. My apartment was unheated and I sometimes went for 5 or 6 days in a row without water. I hated every minute of it! Yes, Changchun is dirty. Yes, children can be unruly. No matter what you may be told, be prepared to work without a Chinese assitant in the classroom. If they ask you to lie to get a job, that should be a red flag - they are probably lying to you too!

A year and a half after leaving China, I went back. I went back to Jilin province but not to Changchun. I got a job teaching at a commercial school in Jilin City. That time I expected to be lied to. I expected to be cheated. I expected my apartment (and showers) to be cold. I expected to walk up and down 7 flights of stairs every day. I expected to have classrooms jammed with upwards of 60 students. I was not at all disappointed my second trip. Anything positive that happened, was an absolutely stupendous and wonderful thing.

Tomorrow, I will return to China for trip number 3. I'm headed back to Jilin City where I know I won't be disappointed because I now know exactly what to expect.

Remember, China is not a developed country. They have very different ideas from those that we (westerners) have. Also, remember that if you are stuck with an employer who lies to you and tries to cheat you, you can always find one that won't - there are thousands of teaching jobs in China.

China is not a developed country. yes i agree with you Matthew, yes remember that if you are stuck with an employer who lies to you and tries to cheat you, you can always find one that won't that is if you can get out of a one year contract that you sign. that could cost you very much> maybe jail when you break a contract in China, that was proven fact (it happen) thanks for ur confirmation. The only good thing i can say about Victoria school that they were good pay masters always on time.Thanks to laura who was so good A person and so was Shelly

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