MyKindaChina was created by Steve Molteno and Paul Gibson as a site for teachers, travelers and any other foreigners in China to find employment and share information with likeminded people. Please note that although both Paul and Steve have been English teachers for many years and are school owners themselves, MyKindaChina is a completely unbiased platform regarding the teaching industry in China. Also note that comments posted by MyKindaChina members are not necessarily representative of the views held by the creators of this site. |
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| About Paul Gibson | ||
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At 25 Paul has spent over 3 years living, teaching and just doing China. And despite his parent’s weekly calls for his immediate return to Oz, he’s probably staying put. After a schooling of private schools he decided to make the big money in Uni -by pursuing an English/arts degree.After taking too long to realize that Yates, Shakespeare and Postmodern literary theory weren’t taking him to Wall Street, he jumped ship and flew to Shanghai. Since then it’s been a blur of booze, classrooms of kids (hopefully not his), parties, women and other things best left unsaid He has yet to discover the value of money, wouldn’t think twice about taking a date to KFC and would kill for a cold bottle of any Aussie beer and being with his mates watching the cricket. Will happily play air guitar to any Guns N roses song and yearns for the return of the mullet. Parents still wonder why he can’t find a wife. |
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| About Steven Molteno | ||
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Steven is the 37 year-old founder of a chain of children’s English schools and the author of a series of English textbooks, although life wasn’t always that sweet.At the age of 18, despite the concerns of his family, he set off for a 3-year stint around Africa and South America,during which time he learnt the true value of a $1 bill.Thereafter he committed himself to a degree in biology,graduating with an honors degree and a strong suspicion that he’d just wasted 4 valuable years of his life.He then spent a year on the northern Mozambican coast,where he built a dhow and made a living trading raw materials across the Tanzanian border.This seemingly idyllic life came to an abrupt end when the local authorities tried to relieve him of his profits through incarceration in the local jail. On regaining his freedom he decided to follow up his new-found interest in business by flying to Taiwan to start an English school, despite owing the bank $10 0000, not being able to speak a word of Chinese, nor knowing a single soul.10 years later he finds himself living in Shanghai,owning more schools than he’d like to,,and dreaming of remote Mozambican islands. | |