@SlowRain
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A Canadian expat ESL teacher in Taiwan, interested in books, coffee, movies, straight razors, fountain pens, the Middle Ages, rum...and rain.
@elias
There is a time to laugh and a time not to laugh, and this is not one of them. - Inspector Clouseau
There is a time to laugh and a time not to laugh, and this is not one of them. - Inspector Clouseau
@elias
Yeah, that's for sure. I just started earning more per hour last year. I've been here for 20 years. I had to take a slight decrease after the financial crisis. About 3 years ago I got back to the same wage as 20 years ago. Last year was my first pay raise in real terms, but that doesn't cover 20 years of inflation.
Yeah, that's for sure. I just started earning more per hour last year. I've been here for 20 years. I had to take a slight decrease after the financial crisis. About 3 years ago I got back to the same wage as 20 years ago. Last year was my first pay raise in real terms, but that doesn't cover 20 years of inflation.
@elias
Are there a lot of native speakers applying? Taichung has a shortage, and so there are lots of continental Europeans and Latin Americans now.
Are there a lot of native speakers applying? Taichung has a shortage, and so there are lots of continental Europeans and Latin Americans now.
@elias
I have that one, too. I got it about 2 years ago.
I have that one, too. I got it about 2 years ago.
@elias
Which Kobo do you have?
Which Kobo do you have?
@elias
This is true, too. But I've never heard someone outside of Quebec introduce themselves as English Canadian. Canadian is Canadian. It says so on the passport. To introduce yourself as otherwise is to make a statement.
This is true, too. But I've never heard someone outside of Quebec introduce themselves as English Canadian. Canadian is Canadian. It says so on the passport. To introduce yourself as otherwise is to make a statement.
@elias
No one would mistake them for being from France if they introduced themselves as Canadian. They just don't want to be mistaken for being non-Quebecois Canadians.
No one would mistake them for being from France if they introduced themselves as Canadian. They just don't want to be mistaken for being non-Quebecois Canadians.
@elias
I do it like you, too. It disappoints me, though, that some Canadians from Quebec introduce themselves as FRENCH Canadian. I'd rather everyone follow the more basic way.
I do it like you, too. It disappoints me, though, that some Canadians from Quebec introduce themselves as FRENCH Canadian. I'd rather everyone follow the more basic way.
@elias
Definitely! Somewhere around 15 is the sweet spot for profit for the boss, value for the parents, and acceptability for the teacher in the daycare/cram school sector. But, if the school starts investing in tech, prices have to go up, class size has to increase, or else teachers' salaries have to go down. Not sure about the primary- and secondary-education sector, though.
Definitely! Somewhere around 15 is the sweet spot for profit for the boss, value for the parents, and acceptability for the teacher in the daycare/cram school sector. But, if the school starts investing in tech, prices have to go up, class size has to increase, or else teachers' salaries have to go down. Not sure about the primary- and secondary-education sector, though.