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| Don't pay any recruiter a single dollar; Chinese schools aid in your travel
expenses and they pay you a salary that either has a small percentage taken as a legitimate fee, or is outright stolen by your recruiter: Journey East. Anything said to you by a recruiter is bullshit. That's their job. They lie to you to get you to teach at a particular place and they lie to Chinese schools in order to get them to accept you as a teacher. Internet recruiters get paid for your future services as soon as you step foot into a school. They have no incentive to ensure any false promises given to you by them. Chinese schools have already agreed upon a salary with your recruiter and can't afford to honor your recruiters lies. My recruiter promised many tours: Shanghai, Hangzhou, Beijing. If you received even an unpleasant tour of Hangzhou, then it shows that Babel went out of its way to give you something that it had no idea it was supposed to provide; enroute to my camp, I stayed in that "dirty" hotel. It was dirty, because the room wasn't cleaned yet. I asked for a different room and received one that was clean. Most of China is poor. For such a short stay, camp, you will not live in "the Ritz", especially in non-coastal cities; during my stay at camp, I was provided with bed and breakfast in a comfortable hotel with western facilities. On many evenings, someone from the school invited me out to dinner. I was given an English book and access to all the school's resources: cafeteria, internet, and very qualified teachers' assistants, who are actually more qualified to teach English grammar than most Americans and who work longer for less pay than any foreigner. DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT YOUR TREATMENT BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF BABEL (Hangzhou Babel Language School)! They have an impossible job; their very careers depend upon insuring your safety and happiness, while informing you of the many demands that a school expects to to carry out. They were put in a despicable situation, like you, due to the lies of an intermediately: your recruiter. HOW DARE YOU! I could have sympathized with you if you didn't bring the students into your message. Many students can seem a bit unruly; they are children and you shouldn't expect them to behave as soldiers. For children, they bear an enormous weight upon their shoulders, due to culture and history. They work from 8A.M to 8P.M.six days a week; many don't know why they learn English, nor how much their family sacrifices for them to due so. If you are asked only to provide correct pronunciation in an entertaining way for a child to become passionate for a foreign language pressured upon them and later try to describe them as disreputable thugs, then you are pathetic! Babel's summer camp was challenging, but I enjoyed every day. I worked hard, and received a salary for it, but my recruiter stole it. The people of the village were friendly, the Babel representatives tried their best to make me happy. MY STUDENTS WERE WONDERFUL! They were a joy in the classroom as well as out of it. I enjoyed spending time with them: playing basketball, exploring the nearby cultural attractions, etc...If you desire to have an enchanting experience in China, talk to Hangzhou Babel Language School or any other school directly; you want to teach, the schools want you to teach, the students want to learn, but the recruiters sole purpose is to make a quick dollar! Deston Tanner Former Babel Camp Fore |