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my contract just says teach up to 16 hours per week.

i just met with the woman who hired me. i asked all the questions that should have been answered for me when i was given these classes.

it seems that some person in the scheduling dept. decided i would be a good teacher for this class (my boss doesnt know who), despite the fact they know nothing of my background. i asked if there were no other teachers at the school who might be better for this. i also pointed out that it might be difficult for me to convey the message contained in this text to students weak in english. the fact that i can only communicate these rather abstract and at times difficult concepts in english without the aid of chinese (unlike a chinese teacher who can fall back on mother tongue if need be escaped her. as for the exam, i will be making that on my own. should be easy for this class, written with no oral.

anyway, i agreed to do the class for a couple of weeks just to see what happens. who knows..... in the end, if i find its not working, i will just tell my boss and she'll tell the president (or whoever) that the students failed to grasp my teaching. the first time in china that a lie will work to my favour.

another lesson learned, make sure future contracts states oral english only.

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[7969]

having just read the first two case studies in this textbook, i wonder even more about the state of chinese education.

these case studies, once you read them and try to answer the questions are difficult in that:

1. they are written in pure chinglish (clearly no professional proofreading was done; and
2. the case studies dont flow smoothly and go from one thought to another, without any logical transition in between.

i have no need to worry i guess, i'm the teacher and in china, the teacher is always right