RR’s rants continues in a new area today. Originally, RR’s rants was supposed to be a place for me to ramble on about living in China. However, it has recently turned into a more serious discussion of current news in China so I have renamed that section “Sino News.” I still want to have a [...]
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Trading Spaces
Posted by Robert Vance on April 9th, 2008
Posted in The Vance Report 
Tags: chinese culture, live in China, teach in China, teach-abroad, work-abroad 
No Comments »Boys Vs. Girls in China — Not a Game
Posted by Robert Vance on April 7th, 2008
One of my students, who I will call April, came from a far away province to find a job in my city when she was sixteen years old. “My parents hated me because I was a girl,” she explained to me in broken English. She recounted to me how her grandmother had tried to abandon [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: Birth Control, China, one-child policy, teach-abroad, work-abroad 5 Comments »How to Effectively Express Interest in a Chinese Teaching Job
Posted by Robert Vance on April 4th, 2008
If you are applying for a teaching job at a well known school or university, you may be competing against dozens of other candidates. It is important to “stand out” from the rest by creating a simple yet attractive way to display your information. It is equally important to make sure that the employer has [...]
The Cost of Living in China and your Salary
Posted by Robert Vance on March 21st, 2008
As you are looking for a job in China, you will see a wide range of salaries on the internet. Some salaries will appear shockingly low while other salaries will seem fit for a king. Why the discrepancy? Is it always best to opt for the highest salary and most attractive benefit package?
The cost of living is a [...]
Posted in Finding a Job in China Tags: China, Cost of Living, Finding a Job in Asia, teach-overseas, work-abroad No Comments »The Contract
Posted by Robert Vance on March 20th, 2008
I finally signed a contract today. It’s been over two weeks. They finally got around to giving it to me for review. Almost everything was okay. Except for the section that stated “you shall not work for any of our direct competition within a year after the contract has expired.” No way. Who exactly is [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: ESL jobs, Sign Contract in China, Study abroad, work-abroad No Comments »Camels and Sandstorms –the Power of Stories
Posted by Robert Vance on March 20th, 2008
In the distance there was a great brown wall that grew bigger with every passing moment. The wall seemed to touch the sky and there were no ends on either side. The quiet desert wind was replaced with a howling gale as the wall grew closer and closer. The nomads tried to cover themselves with blankets and baskets but there was [...]
Posted in Teaching Techniques Tags: China, Oral English, Study overseas, teach, teaching, Techniques, work-abroad No Comments »Early Morning in China
Posted by Robert Vance on March 18th, 2008
I’m sitting here early Wednesday morning in China in my small living room listening to the nighttime sounds of my apartment “neighborhood.” All is not peaceful. Cars go flying by every few minutes. People are arguing nearby. Or maybe they are just having an animated talk. It’s hard to tell. I just heard a door slam [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: Asia, Live Overseas, Night in China, Study abroad, teach-English, work-abroad No Comments »Big News today but my pen is limited…
Posted by Robert Vance on March 15th, 2008
So there’s big news here today and I can’t even talk about it. I’d like to but this site could be blocked. I’ve been there. It’s a peaceful place. At least it was until a few days ago. There is no excuse for the violence that is taking place there now. I’m angry about it. Probably some [...]
No Hands…
Posted by Robert Vance on March 13th, 2008
R-E-S-T-A-U-R-A-U-N-T…is that how you spell it? No, but that’s how I wrote it up on the whiteboard this afternoon. Come on, give me a break. I was tired. I wasn’t used to working the morning shift. I definitely wasn’t on the top of my game today. Besides that, I was hearing some pretty scary stuff [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: China, crime, Criminals, ESL, teach-English, TESOL, Tips, work-abroad No Comments »Whether the Weather is Right for you…
Posted by Robert Vance on March 13th, 2008
Before I signed the contract for my first job in China, I remember thinking how lucky I was to have found such a great position. They were offering me a great salary with housing, decent hours, airfare, a travel allowance, free internet, and I would get to live at my dream location; an ancient city [...]
Posted in Finding a Job in China Tags: ESL jobs, teach-English, teaching in china, TESOL, work-abroad No Comments »
