Chapter 40: Conditions and Hesitation

Be a teacher?

Chen Yaozu thought it was a joke, so he laughed and shook his head: "No no no, I still like galloping on the highway every day, that feeling of collecting tips from every customer who gets their takeout! Occasionally getting the surprise of a big client job like you guys, that's what I want."

Facing Chen Yaozu's refusal, Ms. Victoria Wood seemed to have been mentally prepared long ago; after all, for a peculiar talent like this, perhaps everyone has their own reservations in their heart!

However, Ms. Wood believed she could still try harder: "Although as a public high school teacher, the salary and benefits may not be considered high.

Newly hired high school teachers in Los Angeles generally have a pre-tax annual salary of 45,000 dollars, and Portwater High School is naturally no exception.

This annual salary is a bit low, but it will increase every year with years of service; of course, it won't increase without limit.

The highest annual salary for a high school teacher is capped at 80,000 dollars, this salary ceiling.

Although it's relatively low, think from another angle: teachers have 3 to 4 months of paid leave every year; although the wages during leave may be lower, you can use this time to travel!

Isn't that great?"

"Moreover, Portwater High School used to be a private high school; because the school board suffered a Waterloo on Wall Street, the school was taken over by the bank and has now become a public high school.

Therefore, Portlot High School has dormitories, not just student dormitories, but teacher dormitories too!

If you agree, you will have your residence on campus.

I know, renting an apartment in Los Angeles, a decent one costs two to three thousand US dollars.

This saves another sum of money, doesn't it?

Also, you currently hold a temporary green card? And the job offer as a teaching teacher at Portwater High School is a great assistance for you obtaining a permanent green card! After all, a public high school teacher position carries significant weight in the talent introduction green card approval process!

Right? If needed, I and the two vice principals, as well as Portwater High School, can provide work sponsorship for you, which would make the approval even faster."

Now Chen Yaozu could see that the martial virtue old lady was not joking, but seriously discussing the treatment of being a teacher at this Portwater High School with him.

But Olivia was a bit anxious; in her heart she was extremely unwilling for Chen Yaozu to accept this job invitation.

Just as Ms. Victoria Wood said, if Chen Yaozu really agreed to serve as a teacher at Portwater High School, then under the school's guarantee, it would very likely meet the evidentiary conditions for special talent introduction green card approval.

That is to say, the importance of her own family would be lowered, even becoming optional.

After all, Chen Yaozu's fake marriage was just to get a green card; all of this is fake, and there are still risks.

After all, not every married American can get a green card for their spouse; the Immigration Bureau isn't a bunch of idiots clustered together.

That is to say, Chen Yaozu actually still faces the risk of failure.

But if he comes to be a teacher, this success rate increases greatly; even if it doesn't pass now, after another half year or year, the green card can still be approved.

So she looked at her this cheap son-in-law with some tension, waiting for his decision.

Because their family's crisis has not been resolved, her own resistance to finding a job is still very great; if Chen Yaozu no longer needs her, then she will lose everything currently maintained by that 3000 monthly salary because of him.

Chen Yaozu simply didn't think that much.

He's not stupid either; what abilities he has, how much he amounts to, he knows clearly in his own heart.

As a teacher, what would he teach? He knows this old lady in front of him values his ability to subdue demons and exorcise evil, but what ability does he have?

It's just knowing what something is, then using something to subdue it; he himself has no mana, or rather, no superpowers.

He wouldn't know how to teach people either; this can't be taught! So, forget being a teacher.

There's no free lunch in this world; you have use value now, so they find you to be a teacher; later when they don't get what they want, who knows how they'll deal with you!

So he shook his head: "Very sorry, Ms. Wood, I still choose to refuse.

Although the prospect of being a teacher is very good, especially for someone like me holding a temporary green card, this job opportunity is extremely precious.

But I should be unable to competently perform the duties of a teacher.

Very sorry! Because I truly don't know what I could teach students as a teacher!"

Actually, if it were someone else, they might have let him go.

But since her youth, Ms. Wood's heart for exploration and knowledge, her desire to understand the unknown, has been much stronger than ordinary people.

Now that she finally has a chance to access another kind of knowledge, another world, how could she possibly let go? She had long since planned what kind of teacher Chen Yaozu should be: "PE! Yes, PE, you can go teach PE class.

Portwater High School has only recently converted, so there is still a gap in PE teachers.

Basketball, football, boxing — these areas all have professional school team coaches, so you don't need to be too proficient; just know the rules, occasionally teach some regular classes.

You can have your own main subject, like Chinese Kungfu; this should be your Eastern people's strong point!"

Eastern people's strong point?

Eastern people themselves don't believe this; Chen Yaozu felt a bit at a loss for what to say.

But to say this high school teacher job has no temptation for him is impossible.

As a run person, he knows all too well how much monthly income run people get after struggling to come to America? If it were two years ago, fewer run people came over, not as rampant as now.

Back then run people washing dishes in Chinese restaurants, generally speaking, if lucky, might have a monthly salary of 3000 dollars pre-tax.

But generally around 2600, 2800 dollars.

But now too many run people have come over, 2800 dollars?

Don't even think about it; 1800 dollars is not bad; supposedly in New York they've started paying in RMB, 6000~8000 RMB directly sent on WeChat.

Even this, you can't complain it's cheap!

If you're unwilling to do it, someone else is willing; Old Mo's wages have been pressed down to 800 US dollars.

Eastern people working in the back kitchen can't compete with Old Mo; they really go all out working.

Even only 800 US dollars is much stronger than the average 300 US dollars findable in Mexico.

What if you can't find work?

So Old Mo fights very hard, works really hard; Eastern people can't out-fight them; if run people truly had that spirit of enduring hardship, they could live well domestically too!

So, pre-tax annual salary 45000, monthly salary around 4200; during holidays wages are a bit lower, 3000+.

This monthly salary after deducting taxes still has 2700-2800, actually already more than many Americans earn.

However, he turned his head and glanced at his this cheap mother-in-law; he still has to give her 3000 US dollars every month! Audrey didn't notice her mother's ugly expression; she excitedly tugged Chen Yaozu's hand: "Great, this way I won't be afraid when I come back to class!"

(Chapter End)