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[thelmaharper.1921]

[daCabbie]

Isn't that horse dead, daddy?

Yes, son.

Then why do they keep beating him?

Because they have no life, son.

[Pimpez1701]

Greetings,
I am the one who wrote the official post for our school, The Foreign Manager. My thought was to give as impartial and descriptive information as I could about our school. I have been a foreign teacher for 4 years and a manager for 2 years. I am not a spinster and nor do I want to be. Thank you for the advice though and the next time I might find one. I answered the statements as quick as possible and rewrote my colleague�s statement into English that would be understandable.
My first point is to Lobster. With Aston the contract gives you 1 day off. That�s how it works. In addition working 1 hour on Christmas Eve really didn�t kill anyone. Each company has its own set of rules in this case it�s spelled out in the contract.
In addition I�ve had electric bills come to that price and they show me the receipts. I�ve spent over 300 rmb due to the AC as well as lighting. It�s possible that different cities charge different costs for electric. Finally your right that 2 representatives could be misconstrued as intimidation. It wasn�t our intention and we had never had that situation before. My intention was not to paint either side in the wrong with this.
To clown show, could it be possible that the management miss-scheduled them? Yes. Could it be possible that the teachers showed up drunk? Yes. The point was to give as little blame as possible. Being a teacher it�s easy to see the negative side to this however the schools intent was to say their side of the story with little blame as possible and acknowledging we want to develop as well.
The reasons the teacher gave me for being late were these same few reasons over a 7 month period. They happened over time. If anything I didn�t follow regulations and give stricter punishments due to this. We only have 1 location for classes and that was the same location we go to every week. We live and we learn.
Seammallowance I can�t change everyone�s opinion nor do I want to but I do want to know what the management of Jining Aston can do to improve itself in your opinion. What does your school do that keeps you there? Are there problems there? Does everything work out to the best of your benefit?
To everyone I wish to say this. In every Organization there are ups and downs. I believe that Aston has a long way to go but at Jining they do try to put forth the effort. I can honestly say that it�s the people that keep me here, and the learning opportunity that I have here. As a teacher my biggest concern was how to improve my children�s English and what can I do for fun. As a manager my concern has been far greater. It puts things in more perspective when you walk in another man�s shoes.

[JZer]

If you really want to improve stop hiring every foreigner off the boat without any reference checks. It is no wonder that you get teachers who cannot meet the basic terms of employment by showing up on time.

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[tomhume89]

[mat chen]

Caroline Huang should get the Nobel prize for education.

[bythebookie]

[The Great Wall of Whiner]

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