[bosslove72]

Willie,

I have a friend who is Vietnamese from Australia who teaches with me right now at a private school in China. It is very difficult for her. Parents constantly try to find something wrong with her English. However because she doesn't speak Chinese they also look down on her. It's a no win situation for her.

I'm black and I have a better chance to get a job than she does. China is sadly very racist when it comes to selecting foreign teachers. They would rather have a blue eyed blonde person in the classroom, even if they can't teach English. There was a Swedish girl in Beijing who got lots of job offers but she could barely speak English, but was told if she just said that she was American, she would get jobs. She did... So it isn't the quality of the education that you offer, but often the face that speaks it.