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Dave’s ESL Café Forums gets an F. Minus.
“But what of the good stuff? It can’t all be bad. right!?”, I hear someone calling.
Yeah…but look at it like this: let’s say you have a mound of rhino shit. A big 60 ft pile. Of rhino shit. You know that somewhere inside there are a couple valuable diamonds. Would you be willing to sift through it with your bare hands just to find two diamonds? Especially when you know you can find those same diamonds elsewhere for free, clean and spotless?
I don’t remember who said “believe little of what you see, none of what you hear”, but it really applies to China ESL websites. As a good rule of thumb, question anyone who tells you that the city they want you to come teach in is a “real” Chinese city. Usually what they mean is that foreigners are scarce.
But foreigners like them are the norm. So, steer clear.