[image] Half of Taiwan's cram school teachers may lose their jobs | Taiwan News |... 30% of cram schools may go bankrupt due to pandemic | 2021-06-15 13:00:00

[image] KINGKONGDONK: 1 dose isn’t exactly vaccinated. Well, it’s a spectrum. I’ve had one dose of AZ and I’m sure I could still get COVID. But I’m also sure it’d be (a) harder to get than if I had no shots, and (b) even if I do get it I won’t get seriously ill. I think it’s unlikely I’d get…

yea of course, but still, don’t let it lure you into a false sense of security.

The nature of the beast already did that for many.

I wonder if your average Taiwanese still hasn’t got a clue how this virus works or if they still think vaccines will solve all the issues that are to come.

[image] DrewC: I’ve considered opening a cram school when I’m semi-retired, but I’m just not into administrative stuff or running a business (which is a huge financial risk with little reward). I think I’ll just become a weird hermit with a long beard writing terrible, drunken prose in a dark ro…

[image] jmee: In all seriousness, starting a biz like a school is high risk due to investment It only takes a million or two, and you can still keep some of your hours at your old job or work mornings in a kindy until you have enough students to fully commit.

I’m not sure if it was this page but I had a really bad experience interviewing with a brand new school (a franchise) that has several schools around Taipei. This was about a month ago and I see the same guy looking to fill the same positions. So glad I didn’t suck up for that one. It’s a teacher’s …

[image] DonR: I teach 1~12 grade, once a week each class, 43 hours a week. Whoa. My hat is off to you, sir.

OK, So here’s an obscure one… When it all kicked off, a few months ago, all of my classes got cancelled. No income (at all) since mid-May! “Whatever…” I told myself. I deserve a holiday! I have just returned to work. I got my first pay cheque the other day. The fuckers have deducted nearly $…

Yes. Would you want to be without insurance if you had gotten sick during that time? It would be up to the government, not the school, to forgive those payments. The school still had to pay their 7K a month or whatever it is exactly for your insurance during that time too.

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tando August 11, 2021, 7:56pm 780

There is a dedicated thread.