To future English teachers,

During the course of September 2014-September 2015 I was an English teacher at a training school called Best Learning. I had originally had two years of experience and was excited to teach again in the big city of Beijing.

That excitement quickly changed within the first week of training. An abundant amount of things promised to be paid by the school was not. This put me and like many others in a bad position from the beginning. I looked past these white lies and tried to concentrate on starting out my teaching year positive.

My year of teaching was extremely frustration and just plain ridiculous! Not only was I forced into doing way too many hours but I was thrown into a clown position every chance they got. The school made it perfectly clear that it was not a school at all. Our job was not to ensure the children were learning English but to get as many children we could to sign up and hand in their money as quick as possible.

Throughout the year teaching we were promised bonus' and a raise if their performance was good enough. I quickly recognized that this was unrealistic due to the standards and requirements they presented. Due to lies and deceit from management and other higher end positions it made it almost impossible for our teaching staff to receive our quotas.

Being a creative individual who came to china to make a difference in children's education I was disgusted in the company as a whole and would encourage others to find another companies who would treat you with respect.

I was forced to leave my school after my contract because of the lack of organization, unprofessionalism and the schools lack of interest in education as a whole.

I hope this will help in your overall choice of teaching English in Beijing China.

Sincerely,
A former English teacher.