Dear Fiona,

I am not surprised to see such kind of response from a local Chinese School.

They don't normally have any mechanism planned for any rainy days of their foreign teachers. That's why they just don't know how to response when you call sick in such a short notice.

In my school, I used to have a covering system that all foreign teachers will cover each other in those days that is needed. We all work here as a team and share the same vision.

So far, no teacher seems to abuse our covering system.

I don't think you can claim your money that easilly, however, do drop me a line on my e-mail(dicksung@gmail.com), and let me give you an idea of what you can do to try.

Regards

Dr Sung
Principal of an international School