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As soon as I open my bedroom door I feel automatically exhausted. The lighting from outside shining in my house irritates me. As soon as I hear a car honking or people outside talking on their phones I feel irritated. The daily hustle and bustle of driving and hearing people blare their loud music next to me. I feel out of touch with the universe and nature. The only days I feel good are when I'm in a quiet place out in nature, alone in my dark bedroom with ambient or guitar solo music on. I don't care much for lyrics in songs because those exhaust me. It just seems like everything drains my energy so quickly. It's hard for me to be social with people for these reasons. The only time I like looking outside is when the sun is setting and the sky gives off beautiful array of colors or when the clouds are swirling in fascinating ways.
I guess I'm just a very visual person, but how do I combat this? I feel like I get irritated easily. I hate when people draw me into their world of facebook, celebrity gossip, political trash talking, sports or their ever so dramatic relationships. I just want to be left alone, or to talk to people about alternative things. It's not that I don't like to laugh and have fun, but I need it in a specific setting in a certain way. Not surrounded by people who can't peel their eyes away from their cellphones. I just feel sad. I was in a restaurant and I was starring out the window watching the sky go from yellow to purple/pink/orange colors and I was like woooow the world is such a beautiful place. Then I look around and everyone I see in the restaurant is staring down at their phones.
The hard part is I would like someone to enjoy things with but going out to meet people is just draining. Some friends forced me to a club a little while ago, and as soon as I felt the energy of the people in line I felt exhausted. It wasn't even because of the music. By the time I got into the club I literally wanted to lie down on the floor and fall asleep.
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get black out curtains and a roller blind to keep the light out. look at your diet and make sure you eat a whole grain diet, cut out processed foods. lighten up! you can't control what other people do.
Is being an English teacher a good job to do in China?
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I was just wondering if I got the qualifications to become an English teacher in China and went there to teach if I would be dissapointed by the standard of living that I was now living by. Is being an English teacher considered a good job in China? Would my income be higher or lower than the average Chinese citizen? Would life be harder for me? How welcoming is the Chinese society to foreigners working in their country? Would I face a lot of prejudice or discrimination? Are English teachers in high demand in China? Would I easily be able to get a job working there?
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Qualifications: They say they want a bachelor's degree (in anything). But even that is not always needed if you don't want to be in a top University or Beijing. Also you can forge a degree very simply and do fine.
Salary for Universities is between 4-6000 rmb a month. This is enough to live very comfortably and go on holidays during holidays. it's not tons but it's enough as they will also give you a house to live in and usualy free water, electricity, internet and such.
Living Standard: It is a developing country, if you arne't in one of the major cities (5-6 Million people or more) don't expect any good Western food or very many Western people to talk to. Your students wont respect you as a teacher but will be happy to be your friend if you want. Your classes will be edutaining, not educating. China wants people who can make their stuents happy so be funny and entertain a little at least. If you are in one of the major cities you'll have lots of good food and such things. However it is still going to be dirty, loud, smelly and rude. Such is life in China.
Teachers are respected in China but foriegner teachers are only respected partially, they are also considered the lowest of the foriegners, so you'll be treated very well to your face but they will talk about you behind your back. Too many foriegn teachers here just to get girls and live a better life than back at home sadly.
Life here is as hard as you want to make it. If you learn a little Chinese and can be relaxed about living in a country where dirt, poor people and massive crowds is a way of life, life here is very simple. But be honest with yourself what you are looking for. If you are looking for a better quality of life and a cleaner, healthy place, don't come here.
Chinese people are VERY welcoming to your face. You'll be treated well, inf act generally if you aren't in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen or soemwhere with a very large population fo foreigners you'll basically be treated like a celebrity. But with that comes a lot of gossip and some Chinese are incredibly... not racist.. just ignorant i think. they don't know anything about foreigners except what they've learned through their history classes which is basically all lies directed at making Chinese people very Nationalistic.
Prejudices and Discrimination: Are you white? Chinese LOVE white people. If you are Black, yeah you will face some. Black is the colour of the poor Chinese people becuase they work in the sun all day. It's getting better than it was but that's like saying living int he 1950's was better than the 1920's because Blacks weren't being lynched anymore...
Demand: There is always LOTS of demand for White people in teaching English. blacks have less but as long as you are a native speaker you'll still find work. Finding work isn't the hard part about living in China, for foreigners anyway.
Basically China is a land of Extremes. Some people are EXTREMELY in love with Western culture and Western people and some are EXTREMELY racist against anyone who is not Chinese. As a foreigner here it will seem that few people live between those extremes. There is an Extremely large number of people everywhere. But the people there are usually extremely helpful if you need it. It's extremely dirty in China, but it's also Extremely fun and a great time if you can ignore the flaws.
There are three types of teachers who come to China, 1) those who want a holiday, they tend to suck at teaching and make us all look terrible, if that's you, don't come. 2) Those who want to teach, they tend to be very serious about teaching, and while that sounds good, China is not serious. if you want serious teaching where you are respected as a teacher and your grades matter, don't come, you'll HATE it. 3) Those who want to learn a new culture and help people at the same time, These are the people who should come. Work hard in teaching, but make it fun as well as interesting otherwise you'll be very unhappy here.
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