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Perilla
Joined: 09 Jul 2010
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Location: Hong Kong
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| I think I can safely say that no NETs get 4 months' holiday. I've known dozens of NETs in my time in HK, and their hols generally work out the same over the year despite minor differences in individual holiday length at different schools. For example, my wife's school seems to get a better deal at CNY, but then she loses out at Easter. On average, the NET hols work out at slightly less than 2 weeks each for Xmas, CNY and Easter, and 5 to 6 weeks for summer. Plus the public hols of course, which usually amount to 14 or so days a year. |
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Double Clutcher
Joined: 26 Aug 2005
Posts: 72
Location: the Republic of Taiwan
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| Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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| If people complain about the NET scheme in HK, they should try teaching in the PRC! That would shut them up. |
That was teaching which was being referred to and not the spitting, staring and stuff that is part of strolling down the street in the PRC, right?
Try doing a regular uni gig in the PRC. Not some 20,000 a month joint-venture thing. Just a regular, no superiors give a rat's arse about what you are doing in the classroom gig. In these situations following a shite curriculum isn't required which the students like because you can change things up whenever needed.
And the 40 hour NET work week along with that story (on here somewhere) about some bloke crying at his desk at the end of the teaching day, the result of unruly students. I've had some unruly students (in the PRC and elsewhere), but they never made me cry.
It should be mentioned, that the students in the PRC who give a hoot about English, sincerely appreciate your efforts at trying to help them.
Furthermore, that NET forty-hour work week. Hope you're all hitting the gyms every other day. That will take the stress off much like some good hard drugs will, while at the same time being very beneficial for your healthy  .
I'm in Taiwan, so I don't have any serious axes to grind regarding PRC vs. HK. I love HK, not sure I'd wanna work there though. |
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litterascriptor
Joined: 17 Jan 2013
Posts: 360
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 12:33 am Post subject: |
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| Bertrand wrote: |
| Those of us who are happy (the vast, vast majority) do not have time to write posts complaining; we are too busy having a great time here in HK! If people complain about the NET scheme in HK, they should try teaching in the PRC! That would shut them up. Listem, just do your own thing and enjoy! |
I've never taught in HK, but good lord, mainland teaching is.........
yeah.
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EFL Educator
Joined: 17 Jul 2013
Posts: 988
Location: Cape Town
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| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 2:39 am Post subject: |
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Yes enjoy teaching English in Kong Kong on PRC wages...and remember...thiese are sweatshop English rates on offer!!!  |
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nomad-ish
Joined: 21 Oct 2010
Posts: 153
Location: Moving up the food chain!
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| Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 6:36 am Post subject: |
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| Does the acronym TEFL have some unpleasant connotations......I thought it was purely descriptive. |
yeah, TEFL just stands for "teaching English as a foreign language," so technically NETs are TEFLers.
people often use it to refer to teachers that are just backpacking through, teaching English as a way to fund their travels. even though people like to associate negative connotations to the term, i've met plenty of TEFLers who have been serious about teaching and their students, myself included, once upon a time. now as a certified teacher at an international school, i see plenty of certified teachers that are just plain horrible.
also, i don't know about the vacation times as a NET, but i've heard of at least one person who started in the job a while back now (he's still there), and he has no other certification other than a bachelor's and a TEFL. he got in the door before NET requirements went up. |
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