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Forums > Living in Kunming > Chinese treating Chinese poorly

Chinese teachers often get these teaching hours, but they are expected to do much more grading and class prep; which they have the time to do properly.

One of the things that was discovered when comparing Chinese maths teachers, when they came to London to show how it was done, was that teachers teach (classroom hours) about half the hours of their UK counterparts.

As for salaries. I have known local teachers who earn over 8K. In the international schools, with the top up pay for classroom hours and overtime, even teaching assistants make more than 5k.

I know of one salaried Chinese manager who is earning more than 150k rmb/month, in Kunming. In fact I know several.

Pay and other benefits have increased significantly for Chinese workers in the last 10 years. Even the state pensions have trebled, from about 600/m to 1800/m.

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Forums > Study > Cheap mandarin schools outside Yunnan!

There was another thread on here that said the same thing. Kunming is not cheap, and for many things it is more expensive than Shanghai or Beijing. You are also more likely to get ripped off here, despite what they say about Shanghai or Shenzhen money culture.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Chinese treating Chinese poorly

In Public schools, local teachers get subsidised or free accommodation in many cases and they may also get free meals. They do get social security and pension rights.

In a couple of places, local teachers were allowed to buy an apartment (subsidised or at cost) in the new campus. Some with seniority were allowed to buy more than one, and they could choose to sell these on if they wanted to.
I was in one place and the school tried to give me a laptop. I declined as I knew it would mean they expected me to carry it around so that I could work from home. I was very happy with the desktop.

You can argue about the worth of different packages, but no, we are not treated equally.

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Blobbles, if there are not trees, you may be able to make out farmers routes on Google Earth. You can sometimes.

If you have personal GPS you could also check progress by pre-defining lat-long from Google Earth before you leave home and write them on a print out.

Just an idea.

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A reasonable choice of lumber that has improved over time. Fancy hardwoods like walnut, and mahogany are in abundance. There are some plywood and rubber-wood boards available. There are also some kiln dried imported softwoods and merbao available. Some of the lumber is very green, so look for the kiln dried if you need stable timbers.

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Echo everything said by others.
Breakfast great and the serve from 8am. Most other places say 9am and they still are not ready.
Sandwiches are cheap 22-32, and really packed full of filling. We got some sandwiches for a day out, the only mistake I made was ordering two, as this was too much. These are seriously good sangars, and they are wrapped in alu foil.

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In fairness to Metro, they are a wholesalers, and not really a supermarket. Hence the need for a card, which can be got around.

They have improved in the year I have been away. They now carry a more consistent range of imported foodstuffs and they also seem to have sorted out the mported milk supply.

They have a wider range of electrical appliances now, there is a coice of more than one toast. There is also a better range of seasonal non foods, like clothes, shoes, garden furniture and camping gear.