Introductions

 Hey! I heard that Noles! I have spies everywhere 

However, being the gracious hostess that I am I'm will to loan my tab out for a round. After all, it was getting a little dusty hidden under the bottle on the top shelf 

Noles, you DO know that in the end it will be your tab... 

(it's only a matter of time Cheeks) 

Hey, I'm Nate. I'm an expat living in Xiangtan, Hunan. I'm an American who's 22 years old and from McCook, Nebraska. I currently teach at the Hunan Institute of Engineering. I pretty much started the standard expat lifestyle when I got here. Went to the bar, made new friends, pulled teaching out of my ass. I try to become a better teacher all the time but, honestly, I hate it.

I wonder how Raoul keeps afloat in China without teaching? I'd be curious to know. Love China, hate teaching.

Hey, cheers guys ^.^

Welcome 

As for Raoul... well, you know... how things work... 

Welcome Pull up a chair. As for how to get by in China without being a teacher...you know....only your imagination sets the boundaries
Have a welcome drink on..let's say, Stil's account.

Hello.  Nice to have you aboard, Rajin.









Next round's on George's tab......he's too busy with the kiddie-winks at Summer Camp down south to notice...

Hi Rajin. Welcome to The Saloon.

I'm just up the road from you in Changsha.

Stop drinking on my tab.

sweet, I'm in Changsha reall often. And thanks for the rouns, guys. 

Yo Rajin!
Glad getting you here worked out...

I DON'T stay afloat without teaching. I would love to...love teaching but I'm sick of these schools...but don't have the luxury. I supplement my income with some writing and DJ work, but I gotta face the music every day like the rest of these groundhogs.

Sad story. I *could* stay afloat without teaching doing online jobs but I think the Chinese gov't would kick me out without a work visa

Welcome aboard, Rajin.   Have you considered that maybe it's not teaching you hate so much as teaching college kids?  I didn't care for it myself- most of my students were lazy, unmotivated, completely unable to speak the simplest English, or a combination of the above (mind you, my school may have been worse than yours).

I find kids a riot to teach: they're so glad to be there, and enjoy learning.  Ditto for working adults: they believe English will help their careers, so they pay attention and do their homework.

Just fishing.

Ah but college jobs require the least hours (generally speaking) and if Rajin can make money doing other stuff what he wants is a job that will provide a visa for as few hours as possible - I'm teaching 3 hours a week next year and get a visa thrown in.

Rajin, welcome to the madhouse, drinks are on whoever is too wasted to notice you abusing their tab 

Dear Rajin
I had mentioned in some of my previous post about the fact that many of the schools and unis here want us in the class to make the students happy. They are our judges. They decide if we are good or bad teachers. In simple words, a good teachers is the one who can entertain them by singing, dancing or fooling around in the class. If you wanna teach and inculcate knowledge, there is a little chance that you could get hired for the next term. It's like that in China. I been here for 5 years. Come over to my place someday. I am in Changsha dude!
Cheers.

Hi. New to forum. Old to China. Warm wishes one and all.