Comments on: Strange Days: A ’soulless bureaucrat’ and a job interview http://www.chrisamico.com/2006/09/27/strange-days-a-soulless-bureaucrat-and-a-job-interview/ Dispatches from somewhere far away Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:46:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Daniel http://www.chrisamico.com/2006/09/27/strange-days-a-soulless-bureaucrat-and-a-job-interview/#comment-37 Daniel Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:16:00 +0000 http://www.chrisamico.com/blog/2006/09/27/strange-days-a-soulless-bureaucrat-and-a-job-interview/#comment-37 Chris, maybe what your post and Nicole's comment indicate is that in China, foreign English teachers are like waitresses. Chris, maybe what your post and Nicole’s comment indicate is that in China, foreign English teachers are like waitresses.

]]> By: Nicole http://www.chrisamico.com/2006/09/27/strange-days-a-soulless-bureaucrat-and-a-job-interview/#comment-38 Nicole Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:42:00 +0000 http://www.chrisamico.com/blog/2006/09/27/strange-days-a-soulless-bureaucrat-and-a-job-interview/#comment-38 hey Chris- There is another place like this....it's called LA...where even waitresses have to submit a head shot with their resumes.<BR/><BR/>P.S. Keep the posts coming! hey Chris- There is another place like this….it’s called LA…where even waitresses have to submit a head shot with their resumes.

P.S. Keep the posts coming!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.chrisamico.com/2006/09/27/strange-days-a-soulless-bureaucrat-and-a-job-interview/#comment-39 Anonymous Thu, 28 Sep 2006 05:21:00 +0000 http://www.chrisamico.com/blog/2006/09/27/strange-days-a-soulless-bureaucrat-and-a-job-interview/#comment-39 It ain't a joke. I have a friend in Beijing who is Eastern European. His English is so bad that, even when he is sober, it takes two or three attempts to obtain the simplest explanation from him. <BR/><BR/>I have another friend who is an ABC and graduated with an English degree from Iowa. <BR/><BR/>Guess which one has no trouble finding teaching jobs and which one gets the shaft? It ain’t a joke. I have a friend in Beijing who is Eastern European. His English is so bad that, even when he is sober, it takes two or three attempts to obtain the simplest explanation from him.

I have another friend who is an ABC and graduated with an English degree from Iowa.

Guess which one has no trouble finding teaching jobs and which one gets the shaft?

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