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GreatApe · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 2:29 am Post subject:

Non Sequitur wrote:

Non Sequitur · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 4724 Location: China

Interesting.
I've had 45 and 50 min hours, but your situation (40 min) is the first time I've encountered this.
Still as long as it counts as an hour I suppose Very Happy

Voyeur · Joined: 03 Jul 2012 Posts: 431

I prefer when they treat a single class as a 'teaching hour', regardless of the length. This is because the 5-,10-, or even 15-minute breaks between classes are essentially working hours too. There's not much you can do with them. If I have to be at school for say three hours, I really don't much care if it is for 3 55-minute lessons with 5-minute breaks, or 3 40-minute lessons with 20-minute breaks. I'm there. And teaching is often more fun than not--just give me a chance to pee and I'm good.

GreatApe · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 7:26 am Post subject:

I feel the same way as Voyeur ... as long as the schedule is pretty "tight" and I'm not sitting around for hours waiting for my next class, then it's all good. So far, I've been quite lucky in that regard.

I do have to add, however, that I teach at a training center, a university and an I.S., and it's only at the I.S. that I have 40 minute "hours."

At the training center it's 50 minute hours, and the same goes for the university. I'm pretty lucky though, as I only teach at the t.c. and the university for 4 hours a week (each).

The only "bad thing" is having to go back and forth to each job, but I've become accustomed to it, and I have the electric scooter to get me to work and back home, so it's a pretty good gig.

My apartment is centrally located, so it takes me 15 minutes or less to get to each school. I have no complaints. The job's not too difficult. I meet nice people daily, work with some great colleagues and have some pretty terrific students.

Cheers!

--GA

jm21 · Joined: 26 Feb 2008 Posts: 406