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revilo · Joined: 05 Oct 2013 Posts: 181 Location: Mos Eisley

I teach at a public school in Northern China. The year ends in early July and I feel like I'm trapped in Groundhog day. Every day is the same and I was looking forward to finishing in June. I am the only foreigner here and I teach TOEFL to one lone student who refuses to write more than 150 words and summarize his reading. He quotes the reading word-for-word....
However, he's slightly better than the Kuwaiti students I had last year. Mad

Shroob · Joined: 02 Aug 2010 Posts: 1339

doogsville · Joined: 17 Nov 2011 Posts: 924 Location: China

I don't teach until July, my classes finish at the end of June, but I have three exams in the following four weeks which I have to write papers for and mark. I won't actually finish up until the 19th, but I won't be working much in the four weeks preceding, then I'm off on holiday on the 20th of July.

china505 · Joined: 19 Sep 2012 Posts: 25 Location: Xi'an

My contract goes through mid july, Ill be done the first week of June. Same with everybody at my Uni.

counting down the days then its summer.

revilo · Joined: 05 Oct 2013 Posts: 181 Location: Mos Eisley

If we go by what is on the contract, it says from Aug. 30 2013 to Aug. 29 2014. The school won't give me a specific date for turn in grades, but my "co-teacher" tells me it's in early July.
Does your school tell you a specific date for grade turn in? Mine doesn't. Everything is on a "need to know" basis and so far there isn't one (it's only May!) The place is gettin on my nerves because I had a freezin winter and now Ss. are getting squirrely with warm weather.
They put Ss. in the halls as hall monitors and Ss. still run around the halls. And the warm weather is starting to bring out the pungent smell of the bathrooms.....they got the drop toilets with no doors on the stalls and recently some of the stalls on the 1st floor collapsed. Mad

scratchpiece27 · Joined: 11 Mar 2011 Posts: 44

I teach at a public middle school. Pretty sure I teach until around the second week of July. Lame

Toast · Joined: 08 Jun 2013 Posts: 428

Contract officially ends June 30th, but barring unforseen crappola I'll be done by the 22nd or 23rd.

Javelin of Radiance · Joined: 01 Jul 2009 Posts: 1187 Location: The West

Omniscientfool · Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 27 Location: Zhangye, Gansu

Should be done by end of June, maybe have to correct my own exams if my personal assistants all head home in July. Plan to test how long the uni lets me stay in the apt. before ferrying me on my way (as I won't teach here in fall)...I hope to make it until mid-Aug. or so.

mw182006 · Joined: 10 Dec 2012 Posts: 310

My contract is through 7/15 but classes finish 3rd week of June. I'll probably be twiddling my thumbs with baited breath while I wait for the new uni to get my residence permit updated.

NoBillyNO · Joined: 11 Jun 2012 Posts: 1762

last year due to the failing of such a large group of students, I was contracted by my employer with a add on to my original contract... for three additional work weeks ... extra cashola .....but little vacation time last year...

theoriginalprankster · Joined: 19 Mar 2012 Posts: 895

Done this week - Wednesday 9am. But then I need to grade papers. Should finish by Friday.

Students can collect their grades the following week in-class, but it's a case of them reading their grade off my sheet, then leaving class.

I might put on some muzak to soften the process.

The_Kong · Joined: 15 Apr 2014 Posts: 349

Zang_Lajiao · Joined: 19 Aug 2012 Posts: 17

Right until the start of July, I'm supposed to do two weeks of special training classes for two weeks. Yet have still received no information about classrooms or anything.