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昆明高铁将于1月5日开通，运行全车次时刻（价格待续，留着备用哦！）

Title of the article I posted - and I am one of the few people here who never bothered to learn chinese.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Do you want to know who are blacklisted in KM?

I retired at 38 so I don't need the money teaching english - I am married to a lovely chinese woman so I don't need a visa.

I know some over age 60+ laowai who teach english and they are very reliable and very professional but they teach the older crowd - not young kids. Their schools are very happy with them and they are happy with their schools - so both parties are happy. Age is not really a problem if you behave in a professional manner and you know your business.

When you say job market I am assuming you only mean teaching english, as this is the topic at this time.

I enjoyed teaching when I first arrived but the problem is that out of 100 students, you will be lucky if you find 1 who actually wants to LEARN. This is for both private training schools or colleges and universities - they just want their score and pass a test but don't give a hoot about actually learning anything.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Do you want to know who are blacklisted in KM?

First there is a need to distinguish between working at a college or university and working at a training school - very big difference.

Training schools will never change - this is the business model in China - all about profits - quantity (Filling the classes) - as opposed to quality (Good teachers).

The owners do NOT care about keeping good teachers around - they are looking for the lowest bid and those who work illegally or are here on student and tourists visas are their main target because both parties benefit and no one stays in for the long haul. As you mentioned in your post - these people are completely unreliable and unprofessional.

Those who do live in China (Kunming) are usually much older and they are NOT suited for the schools target group which are 4-12 year old students. The schools are looking for young entertainers, not quality teachers.

My chinese wife teaches at home and we know all about the training schools because all kids go to one of these schools at one time or another. In their 6 month to 1 year stay at a school the students will see anywhere from 3 to as many as 12 different laowai teachers because they just come and go through the revolving door.

As this is your first post here on GK I have a few questions for you:

How old are you?
How long do you plan to stay?
Do you need a visa?

If you are older - 50+ - schools do not really want you because their main target group is very young kids. For that age you will be better suited for middle/high/adult learners - not the primary school crowd.

The other 2 questions are pretty obvious. I know of a school with a good rep that is in need of a teacher right now and they can offer a visa.

As for credentials and experience. I recommend attending any of the 1 month TEFL/TESOL and others classes. Any moron can get an online certificate and I think it is a very good experience to mingle with others in an actual class. I still keep in touch with some folks I met 13 years ago when I attended the TEFL class in Zhuhai, Guangdong.

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deposit of 99 yuan.. deposit is automatically returned upon each completed payment.

All the 99 yuan deposits can NOT make up for what I saw today during my 40 minute bus ride.

3 bikes which had the seat completely removed and 1 bike that had the from wheel removed.

Cost of repairs and cost of sending workers to do the repairs - Haha!

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What did I see today?

Saw 2 OFO workers wearing yellow vests with letters OFO on the back repairing over a dozen bikes in a street corner near my house.

Saw 2 OFO bikes chained near the rear entrance of Wicker basket. Apparantly they are now OWNED by 2 workers there.

I predict that OFO will be out of business in 3 months. Once a person gets the combination to a bike, it becomes private property and the company can no longer get any revenue from that bike.

Kids are smart and have time and they knnow that people seldom turn the dial of the combination or they just turn the 2 center dials. Within a few minutes of fiddling with a lock anyone can usually get the combination at which time the bike becomes private property. This is why most of the bikes I see kids riding are the yellow OFO bikes.

With no GPS there is no way to track these bikes - Hehe!

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I wonder how many people who have commented here have actually used this program here in Kunming.

Bikes used in other provinces or in other countries is NOT the same as here in Kunming.

Since the bikes are scattered everywhere and people are hiding the bikes so they can have sole use of it - how can any person find a bike to use. Unless one is willing to walk long distances and has already paid to be able to use all 3 types of bikes - this program is absolutely useless.

I caught a slumdog hiding a bike in my garden 2 days ago. I see plenty of bikes all over the city so there are plenty to choose from but hundreds of the bikes are intentioanlly hidden after use so they can be used at the doorstep the following day.

In my Resd Qtr I saw 3 bikes totally destroyed - 1 had a flat, other had rear wheel missing and other had handle bars bent. How does anyone bend handle bars unless it is done intentionally. This is just 2 months after the program has begun.

The bikes need to be put in a bike rack where they are easily accessible to all as is in many other civilized cities here in China like Gansu and Guangxi. I am sure there are others.

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The new Visa office is located at 118 Tuo Dong Road. There is no number on the building yet so do not bother to look for it. There are 2 passport photo shops on either side of the building. The office is located directly in front of the Kunming Museum. The bus stop is named - Shi Bo Wu Guan - Bus 1, 62, 109, 117, 145, 213, A1 and K3 stop directly in front of the office. Foreigners need to go to the 3rd floor. The Tuo Dong Stadium is located to the right of the office while Baita Road is located to the left of the office.