Well I said "a lot". Not all or most. I haven't met that many to judge. The term "a lot" is a bit subjective. It doesn't mean most or majority necessarily. 1 percent out of a million people could be considered a lot too, depending on how you look at it.yick wrote: ↑September 18th, 2020, 2:49 am
No I did not!
Yeah you did!I never said all or most English teachers in Asia were losers.
This is what you said.I said there is probably a mix of some losers and eccentric types. Didn't Marcos said an article claimed that 50 percent of them were Aspies? They tend to be friendly to me superficially, but I don't know them that well.
I do agree with you about English teachers in Asia though. A lot of them are losers and weirdos. Not all are nice down to earth people. A lot of them BS a lot too and act airheadish. But if they can speak in front of a class and teach English in a clear crisp voice, doesn't that make them functioning adults? I know some English teachers in Asia and some are ok but others are weird and airheadish. Some are just eccentric. But some lie and BS a lot and claim that they are getting laid all the time and that it's easy to get sex and that girls are always staring at them with sexual lust, etc. Ask @WorldTraveler, he knows countlesss guys that claim that but when you investigate they have no evidence that they are always getting laid by women, and are full of hot air.
A lot of those bosses, especially of Taiwanese buxibans are crooks and incompetent and are happy (like you state in the last paragraph) to exploit English teachers working for them with their annoying micromanaging ways and if anyone stands up to them and complains then they're 'losers' f**k them! They are hardly character references when they are lacking in most basic standards of decency, they have yet to realise that if you treat your employees badly then they won't put in their best efforts.Either way, the bosses of those English schools have told me that most of the English teachers that apply to work for them are losers and drunkards who show up late for work and get a drunk a lot. In 2004 a lady in Taiwan that ran a chain of English schools said that to me, that most of the English teachers she hired were losers who drank a lot and showed up late for work a lot. Her opinion, not mine. There is also a public perception in Asia that most English teachers are losers or perverts or something. I don't know how true that is. I'm just guessing that there must be some truth to it. The bad apples get the attention unfortunately.
Of course, not every boss is an arsehole and yes, some teachers are drunkards and have no qualifications but the bosses of these schools employ those teachers even if they have the simple qualification of having blond hair or being young - they will hire Poles and Ukrainians and get them to tell the student body they are from Canada - lots of buxiban bosses in Taiwan are scumbags and they aren't any kind of character reference at all.
Exactly!However, that boss in Taiwan was an extremist with warped views. She told me that she thought anyone who didn't work 7 days a week and wanted to have fun in life was a loser and lazy ass. Her belief was that people should not enjoy life, but work 7 days a week, like she does. She actually said that. Some Chinese and Taiwanese do think like that it seems, it's crazy and warped. No one in Europe would say that. Her beliefs seemed insane. So I don't know how credible she was.
Yeah Taiwanese bosses are mean as shit and unfair and crazy. I'm glad I never worked there. Their culture is very hateful in general too. Even the Taiwanese people in the US secret talk shit about you and gossip behind your back. They are hateful mother fuckers and should be exposed, that's for sure. That's why most English teachers left Taiwan long ago. And that's why English teachers have a negative reputation in Taiwan and are seen as losers and perverts. I also hate the Taiwanese vibe too, it gives me the creeps.
How do you know anything about Taiwanese bushiban bosses? Do you have experience with them? Where? In Taiwan? Or is it what you heard from others?
When that Taiwanese boss told me that she felt that anyone who didn't wanna work 7 days a week was a loser, I was stunned and thought she was joking. But she was serious. I didn't know what to say. When she asked me "Are you someone who likes to have fun or play?" I said "Sure sometimes. Doesn't everyone?" What did she expect me to say? That "I came here from America to work 7 days a week in Taiwan and be miserable"? lol.
I always assumed that Taiwanese bosses treated foreigners like special guests with lots of extra hospitality? Is that a myth? Or does that not apply to the English teaching world?
We would even give CE some love and respect, if he stopped being such a boastful a**hole and learned to respect other people's opinions. 
