He/she in which poly teach?econoMIC wrote:Believe me you do not want to move to London. I am German and Canadian, lived in Singapore for 3 years and then married a local and we moved to London. After 2 years here we can't wait to go back. This country is going down the drain and has nothing going for it, the taxes are astronomically high and you have to work the whole year for people depending on welfare. KSL can fill you in on how he feels but you might feel like crying afterwards because you never thought a place could be that messed up.
We live in a very good neighbourhood in West London. In 2 years my motorcycle has been stolen once, vandalised twice, our car window was smashed twice (both parked in a locked garage). And they broke in our house once. This is normal and every Londoner knows this.
Two weekends ago a bunch of Latvian kids was playing football, kicking against parked cars and breaking, scratching, denting them, playing loud music and making a lot of noise in the driveway in front of our building around 2am. I called the police and they said they would send someone over. Then I called security who said they had a word with them but got attacked, they had called the police half an hour earlier. By 5am, three hours and two more phone calls to the police later the youths finally packed up and went to bed, having left everybody in our building up the whole night. Some went down to talk to them but got threatened with knifes. The police never came. When we complained, we were told they were busy that night... problem is that it was not the first time it happened.
I think my experiences clearly tell you why I would prefer Singapore any second, especially as I have lived there before as well. You have no quality of living in London and if you have children, nope, I wouldn't want to do that to them. Singapore without a doubt.
PS: I have two friends working for the Ministry of Education, one as a literature teacher for a and o levels, the other a poly lecturer in account. Both love their work and are happy with the MoE.
Actually, it can be quite a boost for your resume to have two or three years in the private sector. It'll be good exposure to see how things are done differently, and you can bring some private sector ideas into the govt (when you're back in there).tkm wrote:I realise that I could get a job at a multi-national however, the government is the career path for me and I don't want to spend two or three years killing time at something else iykwim.
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