These were reasons why I was afraid to return to Asia and teach again.

From my experience, I've found that there is a very strong racial prejudice against hiring black teachers in Asian countries. One private school owner said that the parents would remove their children from the school if he hired a black English teacher. Actually, racial prejudice is much stronger in Asian countries than in the US.

After all these years of learning Mandarin, I am going to cross teaching English in China off my list now. Thanks for the tip.

Thanks for the video and insight Jo! Great content! ❤😊

Seeing as there is a shortage of qualified teachers all across the US you would have to wonder if they have an ulterior motive for teaching in China or any other Asian country. It’s easy to see why they may be stereotyped there Good video Jo thanks

😮very interesting. Increased awareness. Thanks 🙏🏼

My aunt in Jamaica is half Chinese. What's wrong with the world? "Burning the flags of extremism" Only love can change the world..

nothing wrong with teaching english. every job should be respected

I personally moved to a Tier 4 city in China to improve my mandarin level and be immersed in the language and culture. I've heard locals say the reason I'm an english teacher is because 我在自己国家混不下去, when in actual fact, it was because my chinese teacher advised it when I graduated!

I am from the UK, I have a Masters degree in Clinical Neuropsychology. I have been working a good ("great" career as you put it) the last 4 years in Clinical research. I am moving to China to teach english because it is an experience I have thought about since I was an undergraduate at University. For me it is a great way to see china, learn about the culture, language, wing chun and philosophy while earning money at the same time. Not all males teaching english in China have limited career prospects at home, I certainly do not have that problem. Your view is somewhat simplistic and stereotyping all men in to one box. That's a shame! Some people just want an adventure. And about males wanting to have sex, well that is the same in their home country or anywhere you look in the world. As long as they are not students, and they are two age appropriate consenting adults, I see no problem finding relationships with local women. Should they be condemned to be alone or celibate even? Sound to me like you may have had some bad experience with some guys, sadly that happens here and I wish i could fix that problem, alas I can not! But I can I try and lead by example, which is what I will be doing when I arrive in China.

dating your students, especially underage is really creepy, but to some extent, it applies to older students too. I've heard that there are indeed a number of totally unqualified English teachers in China. also, apparently, there have been more than a couple of cases where the teacher, good or not, gets scammed on their pay. I thought I'd also heard that the Chinese government was really clamping down on many of these unqualified teachers and so-called "schools", is that true.

Jo, I was a teacher and coach here I Texas, USA. It is changing a little now for most of my career teachers were expected to exhibit high moral standards. In some areas of the state you could be fired for drinking beer!

Teaching needs skill, regardless of what subject including teaching English.

Your English is really good. 😊

The school was a regular Chinese senior high school, but the company I was working ran an American High School Program, at that high school because the students I taught were taking the SAT/ACT to attend college abroad. I was able to avoid any improprieties with females, because I had a Chinese-American wife who worked hard to make sure I had no desires to look outside the home. The classes I taught was American History and Culture, World History, AP World History, AP Human Geography.

Locals are usually jealous. Same in Korea. Yeah, there are some bad apples for sure, but generally the locals are jealous these guys get attention from the girls and they make decent money for doing a lot less work than a local has to do in a factory or something to get a similar salary. It's just jealousy. And I get it. I never took too much offense.

I used to teach adults at Webi English. I was in Shanghai for four years and in Shenzhen for two. Here's what I've seen. - I worked with three men with bipolar disorder. These guys were loose cannons. The schools knew but did nothing. One boss said to me, "I can't report him. I'll get in trouble because I'm the one who hired him." - Most teachers think that they're good at teaching, but a lot of them aren't. They go into class and talk about 99% of the time. And when they would let the students talk, they wouldn't bother to correct the students' mistakes. Some of these teachers even communicate with weird, broken English. They'd say things like, "You go home, do what? Watch movie?" - Chinese course consultants (salespeople) and bosses would tell the new students, "Yes, our school is expensive, but it's not our fault. It's these foreigners; they demand a high salary." (Korean bosses do this, too.) Meanwhile, the students would grow to hate the foreigners. In Shenzhen, one of the centers had 100 V.I.P. students - that was 10% of the total number of students. And do you know how much extra the foreigners made teaching the V.I.P. students? 0 - The foreigners had it in their contracts (at least in Shenzhen) that we could not date the students. On the other hand, the female Chinese staff openly dated the male students. These guys would wait for the ladies to finish their shifts and then go out hand-in-hand. - I've met sex-pat foreign teachers, alcoholic teachers, travel-all-the-time teachers (usually female) who'd constantly plan for trips but would never plan for a single lesson. However, I've never met so many foreigners who live paycheck-to-paycheck. That's about all I can think of for now.

Well as long as the only standard is to hire "Native" teachers and white, blonde people, you can't expect anything better than that. I'm an Iranian english teacher with a bachelors degree, multiple certifications and some years of experience. I've always wanted to teach in Asia as I really love the culture but I got nowhere with it cuz my job was given to people who basically didn't have any qualities of being a good teacher. To be precise, I didn't have ANY chance against many white blonde native applicants which only moved to asia to just sleep around with Asian girls. Ofcourse, I don't want to be biased here. All I'm trying to say is for you to understand that it's nobody's fault than the schools themselves. Just check the job ads for English teachers in eastern and south eastern asian countries and you'd get what I mean. I personally kinda gave up finding a teaching job in Asia for now after going through all the discrimination. Maybe later when I have a masters or PHD I'd consider teaching in universities there but for now, teaching in a school in Asia, is a huge no for me.

i thought the ccp kicked out foreign teachers and that foreigners are no longer welcome in china. what happened?

Very good ❤❤❤

I'm confused. Teachers are well respected in China or they are looked down upon for "only" being able to teach English in China? Isn't the problem more so that China hires very low quality English teachers that merely speak English in their home countries? What about highly qualified ESL teachers who are trained? Can a Chinese person just go to America and teach Chinese well just because they can speak Chinese? You would never get a job teaching Chinese just because you can speak Chinese.

the schools should check their teachers moral standing, part of the application/interview process

Yeah, but that also works BOTH ways. There's been numerous cases of female teachers sleeping with male students down through the years... Hey, did you read my message on Instagram a few days ago?

It seems to me that one *mostly* judges others based on their own personal knowledge and values. That said, do Chinese people broadly not understand how many foreigners move to the United States and Canada? We have plenty of people here that we can teach English. There are plenty of opportunities here. They're just *not good opportunities.*

I currently teach in Jiaxing, China. We just fired two 50 year+ old American guys. Both had taught a combined 40 years in the US and Asia and couldn't print up a lesson plan, operate a smart screen or make a power point. Lazy as hell. One I caught trying to kiss (?) a small G4. He'd chant Catholic prayers to himself. The other was a complete Karen. Insulted a police officer and was deported. I bought the school leaders all coffees the day they were fired.

Hi again Ms Moon. Apart from the quality of english teachers, I'll give you my honest opinion regarding sleeping around or taking opportunity in this context. First of all however, it's ofcourse unacceptable if any teacher engage him (or her) in a "romantic" relationship with their students, in particulary if the students are under-age. Even if the student is not under-age, this behavour is questionable, but if the student are a "grow up" or adult, and the relationship is in concent, I can't see that it might be a problem. But ofcourse, as a teacher, one have to be very careful to engage one-self in a relationship with their students. However, it doesen't mean that the teacher is not genuine in his or hers intentions. But again, any teacher should take precacions in engaging him (or her) self in such a relationship. When it comes to sleep around with chinese ladies in particular and asian women in general, I think there is several reasons for this; As a young (cacausian) male with a high level of testosteron, it might not come as a surprise if men (with exceptions) take opportunity if it's given. I'm sorry to say Ms Moon, but when we men are young, this is how it works in most cases; One wants to sleep around with the whole world as young. However, this behavour use to fade away over time with maturity, experience (and with decreasing levels of testosterone). I'm sorry Ms Moon, but this is how mother nature wired us (men), and the reason is (not so) obvious, but again, it's mother nature and it's very simple and straight-forward; Mother nature don't care of moral, responsability or "romantic" love, the only thing mother nature are interested in, (in this context) is reproduction. Simple as that. With that said, one have to understand the concept of exotism in this context as well, and it goes both ways; It's not only East asian women who are exotic and feminine (in western men's eyes) as I understand it, caucasians (men in this context) are just as exotic in east-asians women eyes as well, right !? Besides that, that is also an obsession about fair skin in Asia, that has to be added in the discussion. Perhaps this is one of the reasons for why black people are not as popular as teachers in South East Asia , because they are black !? Other reasons for why chinese woman dates foreigners (theachers) in China, is found in this video (by you); "Why Chinese woman date foreigners. TRUTH". As one can see, it doesn'n goes only one way 😉. That's my thoughts in this subject, Ms Moon. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Meh, this is a little late, my understanding is foreign English teachers are no longer allowed in China. I think it has been like that for maybe 2 years by now. Or did they reverse that decision?

The 4 types of foreigners

Actually, it sounds like the hiring standards are lacking in China. Clean up the administration and whom you sign up to the schools and the rest will take care of itself.

Not offensive at all. Needed discussion.

you describe patriachy like how americans describe them: career driven and protector(even through they are not there to protect most of the time). they dont play an important in child development. they are just banks.

There are many blacks who teach English in China. If you search KZfaq for "What's it's like to teach English in China", at least half of the Americans who have made such videos will be black (blacks are 13% of the US population). Add to that blacks from England and South Africa who also make KZfaq videos on teaching on China. That being said, discrimination does seem to exist. Whites will get more offers because for-profit schools view a Caucasian face as a marketing tool that gives off a sense of authenticity.

Hallo JoJo, Good evening. I don't think every teacher is a good teacher. Many only want to be teachers because of the long vacations and because of the good money. For example, Germany is urgently looking for teachers for all subjects.. (Changers welcome). Personally, I would rather teach in China than in a German school with cheeky, impudent students. (I personally can't because I don't have a degree) haha. One should never forget that one is still a guest in a foreign country and one represents one's home country. Of course you can go to a bar as a teacher, but you should not forget that you have a prestigious position. And no, I would not let my daughter/son be taught by such a teacher. Nowadays many people work in jobs they hate because they have completely different talents and it is not seen in schools and it is not encouraged much. My grandmother used to say, "People used to have a lot more time for themselves and for others and also to think about themselves." Today everything is just fast, fast..Dalli Dalli. See you in the next video, take care. Best wishes from Germany.

I hope you didn't meet the 1 hates your country and make youtube content about it.

F.A.C.T.S.

Some English teachers are hard working people, some are just not. I have to say, there’re definitely some scumbags. I know a guy around 50 years old currently teaching in China, when he was in his 20s, he was a drug dealer, he used to drugs at clubs. However, he didn’t get caught or anything, so he doesn’t have a criminal record. He also used to smoke a lot weed and do all kinds of drugs. You thought people will change right? Nope, as an English teacher in China, he’s wild, of course, he doesn’t do drugs anymore, but instead, he started dating young Chinese ladies, literally girls in their early 20s, and pretending he is very knowledgeable guy who knows philosophy and science. As far as we know, he’s sleeping around and preying on young ladies, and also coerce them to have open relationships with him. He openly talk about his drug dealing experience and sexual behavior, like which Chinese girls are good in bed, He discuss about all that sh*t in our friends group, which makes me highly uncomfortable. And unimaginably, some parents pay him $150/h for private lesson on weekends, my questions is, would anyone pay someone who was selling drugs at clubs back in states to teach their children? Would anyone pay someone who is sleeping with young girls to teach their children? He is literally sleeping with multiple girls 20+ years younger than him and brag about the details to others. Seriously, What children can learn from him? btw,He used to be a construction worker back home, no teaching experience until his late 40s.

I'm a western man and I always thought English teacher men in Asia are cringe. Other than the not so subtle reason they truly go to do that, I always thought: "why are you squandering your time and youth to pursue something that doesn't make money? Is the p()ssy that good? I think it's just not worth it..."

What about Chinese professors that go to the US, can barely speak English and are teaching undergraduate and graduate level courses and dont understand how to teach Westerners. I know you address the problem with the schools but this video sounds more like 'dont teach English in China because youll just be outcasted'. Makes you seem resentful and angry imo