EPTI didn't consider cram tutoring, mainly because I don't know what kind of paperwork I'd need for the residence permit, and I'm terrified of falling foul of the immigration law here.
I didn't expect them to not have any English, as I would expect to be building on their current language skills and mostly dealing with oral English. I'd be able to deal with no English if I could use a computer. I spoke with a few people that have taught in places like Huaihua and they said their students had enough English so that the lessons could be conducted without a teaching assist any knowledge of Chinese, although none I've spoken to were forbidden from using IT stuff.
It's actually not too hard living with no Chinese, as the living arrangements were sorted out by the company that employed me, housing and utilities were deducted from our wages and paid for by them. Buying things and getting around is fairly easy as you don't need to know a lot of Chinese for those tasks.
Management was Chinese, 1 teacher wants to quit but cannot as he has a girlfriend in the city, the other teacher is a long story worthy of a blog itself.
It's easy for them to hire someone else, and since they don't have to pay me my holiday of 4 weeks (I was to be paid for Spring Festival) it won't cost them that much either.
