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[crazylemongirl]

ok,
I understand I need to be flexible and all but in the last 2 weeks I have had 8 different timetables thrust upon me.

I'm wondering if there is any point in doing any prep since I have no idea who I will be teaching and when. I'm starting to think these changes are a way to increase my teachingh hours by stealth as every change I pick up an extra class or two.

CLG

[wylde]

any more flexible and you will break..

2 weeks, 8 timetables.. whoa.. i would be starting to get a little angry..

ya cant prep for a class if ya don't know who they are

[Harvard Material]

Of course you can't prep', but they do do this to get extra teaching time from you without extra payment to you. Most hakwons aren't anymore concerned with class prep than they are with students actually getting educated. The owner wants tuition; anything else is beyond his/her scope. Same scchedule thing happened to me earlier this year, and probably about the same amount - 8 times in 2 weeks. Still have copies of the schedules I was given. 20 extra minutes per day equals 2 classes per week without extra payment, in my case (...and yes it was beyond the stated hourly/# of classes per month contract requirements for my salary). Totally disorganised month.

I used to arrive an hour early every day for the first two months. After that? 10 minutes early every day.

I think it is also an appropriate method of intentionally 'breaking' teacher's down so they will quit of their own choice. How long have you been there C.L.M.?

[rapier]

Its good to show some goodwill and flexibility. i've taken on an extra class not in my contract, amounting to 3 extra lessons per week. But I've drawn the line there. They know I'm already doing them a favor, which is a good position to be in- so its easy for me to say "no" now. New classes get forced onto the other waegooks now. Last time they suggested even more classes, i started talking about other jobs and teaching elsewhere.
Bend with their plans a little, but draw a line, otherwise you will break.

[crazylemongirl]

See I thought about moaning but then I figure I've got 6 weeks left in my contract. I think I will just suck it up in the knowledge that I'm almost of out of there.

CLG

[mo]

I've got the same deal. I don't do very many classes at the moment (because of the exams), but what I do is often cancelled, changed, or added to at the last moment, making it hard to prepare a decent class.

Even better, my director has decided that whenever my not having a class coincides with his wife needing to watch a soap in peace, I must babysit his sprogs. They speak very little English, but I have to teach them English with only fun and games. Easy...