My Master's in Education from an Ivy League university isn't worth the paper it's written on.

Mrs. Pepper,

I would recommend a little research on the tax situation for expats in Belgium. Western European countries are known for income tax rates in the range of 30-60%. Belgium is one of them. If you aren't prepared for true social democracy I would advise against it.

Depends on what you mean by alright, but would say 75,000 euros as a ballpark figure.

the advert gave no details as to any 'boarding duties' other than a vague reference to "participating in residential activities".

I would be highly suspect of language like this.

Indeed, and crap wages by Chinese standards.

Ooo! Ooo! Ameson, Ameson! I had the shadiest interview of my life with them last June. After a fifteen-minute Skype interview with someone who could barely speak English (I do not speak Chinese) they offered for me to teach "AP English" at Beijing High School #4--a position for which I was completely unqualified. There was some hazy mention of ESL classes on the side, which I'm sure would have turned out to be the core position.

Who are these fly-by-night retards?

How can NAIS justify putting their job listings on their site?

Anyway, here is some info they passed on to me during the hustle:


1. Gross Salary Tax rate Return

below ï¿¥4800 Tax free

Beyond ￥0 – 500 5% 0

Beyond ￥500 – 2000 10% 25

Beyond ￥2000 – 5000 15% 125

Beyond ￥5000，- or above 20% 375


according to the tax rate table, if your monthly gross salary is 15,000 RMB, your tax would be (15,000 - 4800)*20% - 375 = 1665 RMB

2.

About working hours

Please notice we have adopted new contract. One of the changes is the working hours.

In the previous contract, we mentioned the teaching hours is 20 at most per week. But in the new contract, we use “five days a week, 7 hours per dayâ€

Lincoln is far and away the only real option.

Any inside information? Their approach looks like e-learning on crack. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I'm just wondering if the kids learn anything as they trot the globe...

Does a place called the American College of Education sound like a quality institution to you????!!!!

Risingfromashes: best screen name I've seen in awhile.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/10/magaz ... f=magazine

Disturbing article in the Times yesterday about abuse at an elite New York school. Does anyone have a feeling on how widespread this is or isn't among international schools?

Depends on where "overseas" is for you but I would say:

1. SE Asia, particularly Thailand

2. Iguana in El Salvador

3. The most creative, most innovative beers on the face of the planet are American craft brews right now

4. Carnaval

5. The Sahara

WeDoDude:

I still don't quite get it. If the standards are as abyssmal as you make them sound (and I have no reason to doubt you) than on what criteria are new non-DOD staff selected? I mean if there are 750 applicants for an English position and the search is on the open market, are they looking for the one who looks like the biggest retard?

Anyone have info on this new school in Seoul? It's resting on some pretty strong laurels.

There was a huge scandal a few years ago when the board ousted an American principal whose ideas were too progressive.

It's really a shame in light of the fact that ASM was established by one of the most legendary of international educators:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._McPhillips_III