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Q: Is there a blacklist of schools to avoid in China?
Here's mine:
FOR ANYONE OVERSEAS OR IN CHINA.............even if you are a chinese english teacher
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE AVOID (that means stay away) from Milo and Hampson.
just a disaster from the word go...............competitive..............why they are allowed to advertise here is beyond me..................milo offers 7,000 minus tax and hampson 8,000 minus tax
avoid avoid avoid
and milo want you to go home to get working visa and and and and.......you have to pay for it
milo me bollix
12 years 5 weeks ago in Teaching & Learning - China
Note: the original title was not a question but a warning, so instead of deleting or locking it, I took the liberty to make it one.
Answer: Woof school is awful. Bullies, the lot of them.
davidawalker82:
I second Hampson. Horrendous company. They straight up preach hate, no joke, in advertisements, not to mention racism.
Note: the original title was not a question but a warning, so instead of deleting or locking it, I took the liberty to make it one.
Answer: Woof school is awful. Bullies, the lot of them.
davidawalker82:
I second Hampson. Horrendous company. They straight up preach hate, no joke, in advertisements, not to mention racism.
its not that they should be put on a blacklist, for they are legitimate schools and not a patch on the other disasters out there,
but it was more of a heads up for anyone thinking of going there, because i see more ads from them looking for teachers, promising the sun moon and stars.
what they pay per month can be made in a week or more
There were three main sights for blacklisting schools but all have been blocked by the great firewall if China
SimonRainbow:
You are right and only one now remains but you cannot see it without a VPN like Freegate. The site is a blog called clever china cheaters and this is the link: http://cleverchinacheaters.blogspot.com There was also another one called China Scam Central but it disappeared. I don't recall the name of the third one. But it don't matter if there are a hundred, because they'll all get blocked within 48 hours! Oh, the magic of censorship!
Shorty:
You can get a copy of a 2011 Black List by sending an email to TheChinaBlackList@gmail.com. What are the names of the 3 sites that were blocked? Maybe I can contact them and ask them to send me a current list that we can make available here?
Snoopy:
I found one list that is not blocked... http://answers.echinacities.com/question/which-best-worst-english-school-teach-beijing?type=alatest#lastcomment
Almost:
Yes there are actually three good blacklists online that you can use at:
http://ESLWatch.info
http://www.ChinaForeignTeachersUnion.org
http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=617489
is it me or am i not seeing the problem here? are they cheating people? are they not offering what they promise? how about detailing what your experience was with them instead of trying to be dramatic.
stevetravis11:
Don’t work for this DD Dragon in the extreme West of Hangzhou it’s actually beyond what can even be called Hangzhou. It’s located off Xi Xi road in a small rustic shopping center store front. Paul and his wife Joy micro manage everything, and will fire any teacher that doesn’t make the school “successful” which given its laughable location is impossible. Further more they make teachers perform classes in front of a floor to ceiling window. While small crowds of passers by peer in.
Most schools in China are the same, it happens all the time. It not only depends on the school franchise but the branch itself and the people who run it. One school might give one person a terrible experience, then the same school one year later could happen to be decent to the next foreigner. Let's just assume all of them are risky, and they are case by case.
I have been very happy with one school, but I would still never recommend this school as they may be bad to the next teacher. After all, most are run by Chinese people who do business the Chinese way. It is hit or miss.
