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Interview Cancelled

by JD

Feb 1, 2011

Ha! My one interview... Cancelled! My wife is a School Social Worker/Counselor currently. They wanted someone with more college guidance experience. Oh well, only 3 more schools left that need both of us. Maybe next year we need to go to the fairs? But if you are an admin looking for a Bio teacher and Counselor let me know ;) wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more eh. Oh, and I have experience making really large trebuchets. Just sayin, because I do.

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D. Thomas Trebuchets are awesome! I made them with my class last year (small ones) and we then all assaulted a castle I made out of toilet paper rolls. Big fun!

On 2/01/11, JD wrote: > Ha! My one interview... Cancelled! My wife is a School > Social Worker/Counselor currently. They wanted someone with > more college guidance experience. Oh w...See More

Feb 2, 2011

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JD Well, I don't feel like they were all top schools but they did pay more than 20K/year. 20K converts to like $3000. You really mean to say I could live off of $3000 a year? Am I missing something, because that doesn't sound right?

On 2/01/11, Dave -> JD wrote: > Really school psyc./counselor positions are much less common > and in...See More

Feb 2, 2011

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Dave -> JD No I mean Â¥20K RMB per MONTH. You could live on Â¥10K RMB/month and be OK. You wouldn't be living well, but consider this almost all your money is discretionary. To give you an idea at my schools I worked at in China:

1)Your housing is provided by the school, your utilities are paid by the school (at most you would have is cell phone...See MoreNo I mean Â¥20K RMB per MONTH. You could live on Â¥10K RMB/month and be OK. You wouldn't be living well, but consider this almost all your money is discretionary. To give you an idea at my schools I worked at in China:

1)Your housing is provided by the school, your utilities are paid by the school (at most you would have is cell phone (Â¥100RMB a month) and maybe internet in your apartment). Your apartment will have a basic TV package and be fully furnished.

2) Travel is cheap, buses are about Â¥3 RMB per ride (the school will provide a bus or van to campus and back probabley).Your airfare is paid for.

4) Eating is super cheap school lunch is Â¥2 (student)-Â¥3 (Teacher) RMB (The teacher meal has an extra meat and non meat selection.

5) Your kids tuition should be included, as well as a basic medical insurance (usually free use of the school clinic, and hospital insurance for anything more serious.

Really your main expenses will be sundries like toothpaste, shampoo, Toiliet paper, detergent, etc, etc. and entertainment or discretionary spending. The biggest expenses should be when you first settle in (and your end of the year travel bonus should cover that), and the airfare for the other members of your family.

You will have NO: 1) Rent 2) Utility bills (outside cellphone and internet) 3) Car insurance, registeration, or car payment 4) USA Taxes (Social security, income, etc) 5) Expensive medical bills (medication in China is REALLY cheap). 6) Tuition Bills

Really what do you have to buy????

( On 2/02/11, JD wrote: > Well, I don't feel like they were all top schools but they did > pay more than 20K/year. 20K converts to like $3000. You really > mean to say I could live off of $3000 a year? Am I missing > something, because that doesn't sound right? > > On 2/01/11, Dave -> JD wrote: >> Really school psyc./counselor positions are much less common >> and in demand then teaching faculty. It's just an issue of >> numbers. A school will have only one counselor amongst 100 or >> so teaching faculty. >> >> You know its still not late at all, keep putting applications >> in. If your just holding out for the "top" schools (Like say >> all the "american" schools or DOS schools) or top dollar your >> going to be dissappointed. Seriously science is in demand and >> if your wife is willing to teach ESL or not work, then you >> should be able to find a job pretty easily. In China, you >> might have to settle for Â¥20K RMB a year, but thats still >> going to be pretty much all discretionary money, since your >> housing and utilities will be provided. >> >> On 2/01/11, JD wrote: >>> Ha! My one interview... Cancelled! My wife is a School >>> Social Worker/Counselor currently. They wanted someone with >>> more college guidance experience. Oh well, only 3 more >>> schools left that need both of us. Maybe next year we need >>> to go to the fairs? But if you are an admin looking for a >>> Bio teacher and Counselor let me know ;) wink, wink, nudge, >>> nudge, say no more eh. Oh, and I have experience making >>> really large trebuchets. Just sayin, because I do.

Feb 2, 2011

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JD I will try this one last time. Apparently you can't post links. Add the appropriate beginning, you are el after tiny, dot see oh em to the end to enable the link. I don't like to toot my own horn, but I will anyway.

tiny you are el dot see oh em /24lgln6

On 2/02/11, D. Thomas wrote: > Trebuchets are awesome! I made them with ...See More

Feb 3, 2011

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D. Thomas Very cool! We looked at some videos like this to get some ideas for designs, materials/dimensions of the sling etc. I particularly liked one where they were firing flaming pumpkins.

On 2/03/11, JD wrote: > I will try this one last time. Apparently you can't post links. > Add the appropriate beginning, you are el after tiny, dot see o...See More

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