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scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2003 9:10 am Post subject: working hours |
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Approaching my dotage I am glad that in my job I teach 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon. Five days a week. Over the academic year that is 600 hours class contact plus adminsitrative tasks, marking and running exams.
And I get holidays with pay. My trade union consciousness means that I refuse to teach overtime. If I can't earn enough frommy day job I will quit ! |
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foster
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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Location: Honkers, SARS
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I am in a high school in Hong kong and I start at 730 and am not allowed to leave until 4 pm. Not like i can get out at that time. I have extra stuff after school and am usually not home til 6.
I teach between 4 and 7 lessons a day. Somehow, with 40 kids per class, it seems like more.
It is the mindless stuff that tires me out more. |
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donfan
Joined: 31 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2003 11:33 pm Post subject: Re: A walk in the park |
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[quote="richard ame"]
A 10 or 12 hour day is something as a teacher you are not expected to put up with or endure in a real teaching position
You surely can't be serious. 
I haved worked as a High School teacher in Australia and ESL teaching is a breeze in comparison.
In Australia I was often at school by 7am and didn't leave til 5pm. Even then most of my evenings and weekends were spent marking assignments and tests and preparing lessons. |
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