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zaser45 · Joined: 30 Jan 2011 Posts: 31

Do you know what is the standards for teaching in cities like Shenzhen or Guangzhou compared to the smaller cities. Are they much stricter than usual? I say this in a way that as far as I have seen, alot of schools in the small cities can be strict, but if you have never been to the bigger places like Shenzhen or Guangzhou. What can you expect there? Like are student complaints more prevalent...demands on performance..exc...

daCabbie · Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Posts: 244

Depends on the school.

The Ever-changing Cleric · Joined: 19 Feb 2009 Posts: 1523

Depends on the teacher.

zaser45 · Joined: 30 Jan 2011 Posts: 31

lets say your a regular average teacher in a well-known school for that city.

The Great Wall of Whiner · Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 4946 Location: Blabbing

Depends on the city.

Little Tiger · Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:57 am Post subject:

I think the standards vary depending on the school, a school I worked in was in a 3rd / 4th tier city and all they wanted you to do was play games and keep the kids happy. The school is part of a well known franchise, so the tests are designed to let every student pass.

I work now in a school in Guangdong and they expect a good standard of teaching and give you fewer classes so that you can focus on quality, I don't think this is much do with what city it is though more like a responsible employer.

Dr. Dow · Joined: 14 Mar 2011 Posts: 24

This is beautiful.

"Like are student complaints more prevalent...demands on performance..exc..."

I know I've seen/read it all now. Someone asking about if he/she f's up. Stay home. You'll be glad the Doctor helped you.

seamallowance · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 11:41 am Post subject:

(mea culpa)

Dr. Dow · Joined: 14 Mar 2011 Posts: 24

What exactly is a troll?

Someone who types a different opinion than the staus quo? Someone who doesn't like Chinese food and admits it? Someone who hasn't whined about not understanding how to get around their town and never thought about buying an electronic dictionary? Someone who didn't accept a job at Delter and then claims other people's taste buds aren't all together if they think Mexico has hard shell tacos?

If so, I nominate myself for President of the Troll Society.

Teatime of Soul · Joined: 12 Apr 2007 Posts: 905

Depends on the standard.

Seriously, there are so many variables, ever changing variables regarding hiring standards it is nearly impossible to generalize.

Some small cities are ultra strict while some big cities are "anything goes" cowboy towns. And the next province over, the reverse is true.

You are trying to hit a moving, shape-shifting target, in the dark, with a nerf gun.

Whatever internal logic, such as there may be, is often manifested in seemingly utterly arbitrary and capricious ways.

MisterButtkins · Joined: 03 Oct 2009 Posts: 1221

Eh, I don't see anything wrong with wanting to work at a less-demanding school. The fact is some people are 'serious' about teaching, it is their life's passion, they want to do it as well as possible, they want to have the best teaching environment, they love students, they give private lessons for free after class, etc...

For the rest of us, teaching is just a job.

Personally I will work at a less-demanding school next year. Why? Because it is less trouble. Because it is easier. Because it is LESS WORK. Does this mean my students will learn less in my class? No, I don't think so. It means I will have less headaches to deal with. I will not have to make up lessons for teachers who get sick (at crappy schools, the lessons just get cancelled and no one cares). I will not have to lesson plan 8 lessons per week. I will not have my classes monitored all the time. I will not have to grade a huge number of tests. I will not have to worry about if I'm teaching the same material as all the other teachers. I will not have to write the final exam for all the other teachers because they are incompetent and someone has to pick up the slack, then write a backup exam for all the kids who fail so they can retake it (I'd rather they just bribed someone and saved me the trouble).

No, I will teach what I want, I will make the same amount of money, and my life will be more relaxed. Am I a bad person for this?

But to respond to the topic, I work in a larger (but not super-large) city, at a university program where the kids do 2 years in China then 2 years in the UK. They are really serious here.

Last year I worked at a really crappy school in the middle of nowhere, and you could literally do whatever you want. They did not care about anything as long as you were in the room most of the time.

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