damnit, i think i already posted this.

[ramsey314]

maybe i am just mentally incompetent. maybe its just too early. i swear i wrote all this out a few hours ago, checked back in on the board and *poof* nothing. okay here we go again.
thanks to all on my last thread. now i know most everything i need to about drinking, smoking, and tattoos.
heres what ive been wonering about lately:
1) my girlfriend graduates mid july and we hope to be in china by mid august. when exactally should we be there? to my understanding school starts september 1st.
2) how important is getting a tefl/celta/tesol license? obviously not necessary, but weve never taught before and feel like it would benefit us to have some idea how to do this teaching thing. better to get it there or online (asked this before but still a bit confused)?
3) how necessary is it we know any chinese before we go? how should we go about learning some (cd, tutor etc)? this will be pretty important because my girlfriend is a vegetarian (no chicken or fish) and she would certainly prefer not to eat meat.
4) better to teach public or private school?
5) we want WARM... where should we look as far as provinces? any good beach type towns? at this point were looking coastal in the lower one or two provinces, but nothings set in stone.

[Raoul Duke]

You did, ramsey. It got moved. There's usually a notice message for this; don't know why it didn't come up. I'm sorry for the confusion.

All your answers are in the Schools & Jobs area. ADD YER AMPLIFICATIONS AND ADDED ANSWERS THERE, YA SCURVY LOUTS!

You did add one new question....

If you want WARM consider Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan provinces in the deep southeast. Mild winters with some cold blasts out of Siberia...no place in China can completely avoid these.

I promise you these places will be WARM in the Summertime.

[Nate M]

Sorry about that. My fault.

[con's fly is open]

1. Go with it: 2 weeks to settle in before you start work will help a ton.

2. Go for it: the cert ehlps your resume and greatly helps your teaching skill, especially in the first month.

3. Go for it, if it's convenient. Even studying the pinyin alphabet, the way they write out chinese words in English letters, will come in handy. Some basic toursit Chinese will come in very handy. If you can take it further, by all means do. Or do absolutely nothing, but still show up. You'll be fine.

4. The oversimplified answer: public offers more regular hours, private offers smaller class sizes. for a better answer, go surf the library- tons of more intelligent analysis there.

5. Most places in China are too cold in winter AND too hot in summer. Suzhou in september wass too much for me, frankly, and I ain't seen nuthin' yet. I've heard terrific things about Shenzhen, the only negative being the horrid heat. Keep your eyes peeled there, for one.

[Raoul Duke]

6. Read the previous posts before adding. Ya hoser.

[con's fly is open]

Hey, I peruse Upstairs, THEN come Downstairs and read from the Public room to the China room, and only THEN on to the others. Ya smartypants Okey.

[Raoul Duke]

Uh, yeah.

Although I meant reading responses already in place within a thread before adding yer own.

Maybe I shoulda posted in French.

[con's fly is open]

Oh.

[Raoul Duke]

But, ya gotta admit, he's damn cute.

[cheekygal]

Et vlan sur le plancher!