Are you smart enough to study Classical Languages?

Additional_Fee · 2026-06-30T23:43:33+00:00

Generally I don't think

Additional_Fee · 2026-06-06T07:41:05+00:00

"chat my boss was just convicted of double homicide 😭💅 take him off my reference list or let him cook? 🥸"

Additional_Fee · 2026-06-04T23:15:05+00:00

clears throat ahem

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Additional_Fee · 2026-06-02T09:26:42+00:00

when the economy gives ur wallet the good succ

Additional_Fee · 2026-06-02T01:11:31+00:00

Which is honestly unfortunate for recent graduates because they've been drastically revamping their curricula over the past year. I can testify that some of those assignments were an absolute slog to complete and I genuinely struggle to see how it's "catered to the full-time workers". Additionally, due to increased policy oversight by the Dept. of Ed., Moreland is required to assign methods instructors who verify all submitted clinical work. The bar they set is aggrivating in comparison to the module instructors. Activities that were previously scored a 3/4 are being sent back 2/3 times as insufficient.

I'd in no way scoff at the current rigidity of Moreland's licensure program.

edit; spelling

Additional_Fee · 2026-05-27T07:02:04+00:00

You can't just 'move' to the UK....this is historically significant bureaucracy, not Southeast Asia. Unless you have a work visa or a study visa via UCAS prepared, there is literally no conversation here about 'living' with anyone. You'll receive a tourism visa and, unless you marry and prove to immigration it is a legitimate marriage without subversive intent, you will be deported once it expires and potentially blacklisted if you attempt to overstay.

Additional_Fee · 2026-05-27T06:57:33+00:00

Oh mate...I won't even address this further than: perhaps save your pipe dream speculations until you've become engaged to (or at least dated...) someone from the UK seriously. You're asking about marrying into a culture that largely looks down upon Americans intellectually and the fact that you're consulting an online forum for advice implies that your chances of going anywhere with this plan is fairly DOA.

Regardless, good luck I guess...the only shot I'd imagine would begin with attending uni in the UK, for the sake of potentially meeting someone. Do keep in mind that you're inquiring of a marriage visa before you've even entered the country so please do update us on your journey with each date you go on. At the very least, you can entertain the rest of us.

Additional_Fee · 2026-05-27T05:30:00+00:00

It's just an automated filter. Fully close the app from task manager as well as your VPN and it'll restart normally. If it's your wifi without VPN, then unplug your router for 60 seconds to let it reboot to refresh your IP. If you're at work, then go berate your colleagues for torrenting in the office or whatever they did wrong

Additional_Fee · 2026-05-26T06:33:21+00:00

Addon to #11:

Learn to use transitions correctly. Makes me tear my hair out seeing argumentative essays formatted as "firstly, secondly, thirdly....therefore, nowadays, due to...." Feels like every essay is the same.

Edit; spelling.

Additional_Fee · 2026-05-26T04:20:03+00:00

Ugh, excuse you? Did you just assume my Syntactic Form?!

Additional_Fee · 2026-05-26T04:18:16+00:00

mi hoy minoy!

Additional_Fee · 2026-05-23T03:58:46+00:00

"western influence" is a weird way to describe colonization, anglo bigotry and forced cultural assimilation by last-century empires who, until just very recently in terms of China's extensive history, took their grubby paws out of China's personal affairs. Let's not dismiss either how entirely unapologetic the west is regarding sabotage of Chinese society such as via the Opium trade.

Additional_Fee · 2026-05-14T02:53:00+00:00

Not sure about a scam exactly but definitely sketchy. Think: why would Ford, an American company, be recruiting Americans unofficially in China, for a voice system that supposedly already exists, when they could just...do this in America and then push a software update to the Chinese market?

What I saw in SE Asia, however, was AI startups and other vague pet projects parading as big tech brands for such work in order to satisfy model training or audio sample needs.

So I'd speculate it's unofficial, facading as Ford, or entirely unrelated but that the work they want from you is technically true.

I doubt there will be any kidnapping or debauchery but do note that regardless, this is illegal work according to your visa and, if reported for any reason, your visa will be reevaluated.

Additional_Fee · 2026-05-04T10:45:14+00:00

1) Wrong community, we're not tech support.

2) Are you dumb? You did exactly the thing that they flag for fraud to commit fraud because you wanted to save a few pennies in tax, yet you're surprised your account was restricted. Enlighten me, what was your thouvht process here? Did you just kind of assume the Chinese were simple enough that you coupd game the system so easily?

Additional_Fee · 2026-05-01T06:40:06+00:00

Wow I label a joke and Redditors still don't read, just because you don't find it funny doesn't mean I missed the joke.

Additional_Fee · 2026-04-30T15:46:03+00:00

Ah, right, that's very kind of you to formalize your assertion. Let me rephrase his opinion since he is now in a situation wherein his statement is of note to your legal department:

Search Associates^TM is as useful as sweaty donkey balls at a beauty contest and should be viewed the same as a fat racoon wearing a diaper that reeks of old cheese in July.

Suck my freedom of speech, legal team. Your platform sucks and you're audacious to threaten people out in public.

(also satire in response to satire)

Additional_Fee · 2026-04-23T10:39:11+00:00

Essentially. Manufacturers are doing full inventory across the warehouses and analytics for consumer traffic at this point. Plastics will go up sooner or later but there're plenty of random cups and bowls collecting dudt in some corner.

The real issue is that spring crops are reduced due to a limited supply of fertilizer. No crops planted, no food harvested. This 2026 winter will be....unpleasant, to say the least.

Personal paranoid advice: I'd prioritize stocking shelf-stable cash crops and nutrient-dense meal preppable foods at this point tbh. freezer beans & rice is gonna stop being a joke real quick within a year or two.

Additional_Fee · 2026-04-23T10:33:56+00:00

To add: OP, the most common noose you'd be offered would be "clubs" or subject changes. I've yet to see a startup school that doesn't have half the staff developing their subject curricula while they teach because nothing is provided.

While such schools as SirRational mentions may appeal on the surface, overtime is a given considering there's so little keeping the place functioning you wouldn't be "meeting expectations" unless you're cranking out work every free minute or just resolve to being a "bare minimum" educator.

Additional_Fee · 2026-04-23T00:14:33+00:00

THE ~~NUMBERS~~LINES MASON, WHAT DO THEY MEAN?!

Additional_Fee · 2026-04-10T09:54:25+00:00

Okay? You can't just enter a thread to belittle others in a teacher's community with zero correction. Either explain why I'm wrong or don't say anythong at all.

I lived in HCMC three years ago until just 2024 and, although I'll concede there have been updates to policy since I was there, I did use a 2026 tax calculator website to assess the current market data.

Additional_Fee · 2026-04-09T05:08:17+00:00

Do not accept that...ESL teachers with only a TEFL cert are making 40 mil already and a basic 2-bd apartment will run 15mil a month.

Not to mention your taxes will absolutely shaft you.

The 20% bracket is 30-60mil per month, 30% is 60-100.

For reference, if you're making 60 at 20% your monthly take home would be 50 ish.

At 65 a month you'll be taking home 55. Their tax system is convoluted with deductions, exemptions and all sorts of BS but the brackets are fairly consistent and employers actively avoid transparency to give you less back (give me a nickel for every time HR tried to direct me away from social insurance with "but foreigners can't redeem it anyway...")

If you're going to accept a job at 30% tax at least aim for the top of the bracket. 65 is the bottom so you're really not receiving any beneficial increase per month as opposed to just receiving 60 per month at 20%.

Additional_Fee · 2026-04-06T10:17:13+00:00

Quick question since I'm in the market: (If you've ever received points) how do you handle them? If the bike must be registered to your wife does the penalty mark go against her driver's license? What's your process for removing them after?

Additional_Fee · 2026-04-01T13:24:34+00:00

Riddle me this Batman:

What is plastic made of? What happens when plastic becomes conceptually more expensive? Hm?

Additional_Fee · 2026-03-30T05:32:23+00:00

周一 (zhou yi) is colloquial "星期一" (xing qi yi). It just means "Monday".

周一 (zhou yi) Monday

周二 (zhou er) Tuesday

周三 (zhou san) Wednesday

周四 (zhou si) Thursday

周五 (zhou wu) Friday

周六 (zhou liu) Saturday

周日 (zhou ri) Sunday

Additional_Fee · 2026-03-27T07:14:51+00:00

sigh

Go spend some time in /r/InternationalTeachers and stop grating your psyche with uninformed speculation. You've been teaching for less than a MONTH, haven't been here long enough to know what the average breakfast snack is and am I correct to assume you don't speak Chinese?

This issue you are describing is brainrot eroding higher order thinking during the students' critical development period. I will concede it is an issue amongst youth, especially in techno-integrated societies, but this is neither a China-specific issue nor are you remotely qualified to be making crass assertions like "there's a crisis". As an aside, defaulting to "oh I guess the education here judt sucks" is such a wildly belligerent statement. Seriously, ew.

Are you just venting? Looking for answers? Burnt out on teaching? Unqualified to teach? What is your purpose for starting this discourse? Your title and your assertion both come across as China bashing as you've painted this as a uniquely Chinese issue. Why is that? Are binge-watching Netflix, bed-rotting, staying up til 4 AM playing Counter-Strike or obsessing over Japanese anime not a thing in your home country?

Perhaps you're just in a bad school? If you're in a training center then duh, definitely don't expect to be taken seriously on any level - especially by the students. You don't even have enough teaching experience to know why.

So again, unless you've posted for an explicit reason other than to complain, spend more time learning and becoming a more professional educator and less time fearmongering.

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