Just Remember It’s China This Sh*t Happens All the Time
For the pure irony (that is, I think it’s irony) of it all I’m going to write this post from my placement company’s office. Today has been the most absurd day ever. If we ever forget why we started this blog I think we can look back on today and remember why (although from talking to various people I don’t think we’ll ever forget).
Anyway, today I sat around waiting to hear from the school that Anderson was basically accepted to last night. We were in close contact throughout the day going back and forth on what was going on here in the recruiters offices as well as in the school itself because nobody would tell us anything.
You’ve Been To China You Know How Things Work
So yesterday Anderson and I were thrown into the fire. Our placing agency had me demo at 3 schools and Anderson 2…on our second day…of being in China. The first school Anderson and I both interviewed at was pretty intense considering we had both had about 20 minutes of training the day before. After leaving the guy who took us for our interview informed us that they were more interested in me and that I basically had the job if I wanted it.
About 5 minutes later the school called and informed us that even though the teachers liked my demo better the students preferred Anderson. This meant that I had to go next door and demo at another school, while our liaison told Anderson to wait either at the McDonalds or the KFC (apparently that’s the US embassy). I interviewed at the next school which went well and it seemed like they liked me but our contact was pretty vague on if I was going to be working there.
