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Forums > Living in Kunming > Learning Chinese with a private tutor

These are the qualifications I would seek from a Chinese teacher for 1-1 learning:

1 - Mandarin - Level 1B or 1A -

2 - Graduate from University with a major of Teaching Chinese As a Foreign Language or IPA Certificate.

3 - 1 year experience teaching at any of the Chinese Training Schools.

4 - English Proficiency: At least 2 of the below listed items:
IELTS = 6.5+
TOEFL = 85+
PETS5 = 85/4
CET6 = 600+
TEM8 = If they are English majors

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Should you study Chinese?

Learning a new language is useful and it is always good to continue learning new things. This depends on what price a person is willing to pay to learn chinese. Not only the cost ($) of paying the teacher but also the time involved in learning, especially if you are older.

I think most people would agree that learning any other language is much easier then learning chinese.

I have lived in China for more than 11 years and have travelled extensively and interact with locals on a daily basis. My chinese is limited to what I learn from day to day and I have never formally learned in a classroom setting. I have no interest in learning to read chinese as this is too time consuming and I will have to give up the things (Teaching + Travel) I enjoy doing now to learn to read.

It all depends on the needs or choice of each individual. Many people here have already stated that they live comfortably without learning chinese.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Oil Pipelines

There are plenty of places that flood annualy because of heavy rains. This water can be piped to other dry regions for irrigation while preventing the annual floods.

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Cannabis is listed as a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, the highest classification under the legislation. This means that the substance has a high abuse potential and no safe medical use.

This is a lie because:
1 - Patent # 6630507 – Oct 2003
2 - No one ever overdosed or murdered on Cannabis.

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casual drug users who do not negatively affect anyone - Read what I just wrote, you are 100% mistaken in this premise. Casual drug users do affect others you just don't know about it.

most people cannot even agree on whether drugs should be legal in the first place? People dont make laws, govts make laws and the govts are filled crimminals. Govts do NOT do the will of the people, they only do what is good for themselves.

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Again, to understand a complicated topic one must first understand the difference between a functinal (F) addict and a (D) dysfunctional addict. A functional addict seems to live a normal life, never arrested or no run ins with the law. This is the obvious evidence most people see. What people do not see is what happens in the background which is the same for both F + D addicts. The DSM will list these factors and most people know what these are. Problems in the family, divorce caused by the addiction, loss of income caused by the addiction and so on.

There are millions of people who use illegal drugs and never get arrested. And there are millions who use illegal drugs and DO get arrested. We only hear about the ones who get arrested.

For those of you who believe drugs are a victimeless crime, then you failed to consider the mother, the husband, the wife, the children and you are just looking at the fact that the addict did NOT rob a liquor store to get money to support his/her habit.

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Alien may not agree with all that I wrote but he can understand what I mean because he asked a serious question rather than jumping to conclusions or making sarcastic remarks and name calling.

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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.