[Justin Doutre]

I’m 25 years old, white, I speak both English and French fluently, I’ve been a hockey coach to little kids since I was 18, I’ve been teaching youngsters the piano since I was 18, I hold a TESOL/TEFL certificate…….But I don’t have a bachelor’s degree.

I live in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and I’m having an INSANELY hard time trying to find a job. I swear, I must send out a hundred emails a day, and I was always get something along these lines as a response:

I am sorry, Justin. A bachelor or master degree is necessary.

Thank you for your attention.

Someone on this forum, Rick in China (super cool dude btw ), told me that this really shouldn’t be a problem and that maybe getting to Chengdu would increase my chances. I think this might be out of the question though. Is there anyway around this crap?

It’s so annoying because I’m actually passionate about teaching.

Also, on the majority of job postings that I rsee, I see something along the lines of ” Must be willing to stay at least 3/6 months.” Which is nuts because I’ll stay for years! My life has been geared towards China and Chengdu in particular for the last year or so. I’ve been practicing Chinese 2 to 3 hours a day lately and been going to all the local dépanneurs to hone my skills. And what’s holding me back? Some bogus post-secondary education paper?

Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help would be really appreciated!

[Justin Doutre]

Thanks man

[Justin Doutre]

Thanks for all the answers everyone.

What is a “PSB” connection exactly?

The thing is I live in Montreal, Quebec and our school systems are all screwed up. We do High School until grade 11 and then 2/3 years of C.E.G.E.P, which is a French acronym for Collège d’enseignement général et professional, Then we do University.

I dropped out of CEGEP.

Anyway, I’m going to find my way around this and get to Chengdu ASAP. Even if it means doing something illegal…….

Don’t tell anyone though

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