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MileyCyrus comments on Teaching English in Shanghai - Less Wrong Discussion

13 Post author: ShanghaiTEFLer 02 November 2012 11:13AM

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Comment author: MileyCyrus 19 November 2012 05:40:32PM 1 point [-]

I've never been to Singapore but from what I've read they don't hire many English teachers. (English is their official language after all). If you have a "third world" nationality it will be even tougher. Generally preference is given in the following order: American, Canadian, British, Irish, Australian, Kiwi, South African. If you don't have one of those passports you would probably need to find illegal work.

Comment author: ZoneSeek 19 November 2012 05:56:28PM 0 points [-]

Yeah, a cousin does proofreader work there, but apparently there's a strong preference for permanent residents. The penalties for illegal work are quite stiff; I'm not that desperate. Well, I'll see what the territory's really like when I get there.