Byron
- 2008-08-06
Hello Byron,
I agree and you will certainly find many teachers of that sort in China. Unfortunatly the likes of Choatle and Silverboy, who do their utmost to dominate these pages with negative ranting, only reinforce this situation.
The good news is that their are a number of good teachers working in China, and also a number of relatively good schools where they work. I had been in similar situations in China, which I abandoned, and I've been very happy with my current school the last 6 months. (I work for Aston, and am about to sign a new contract with them to live and teach in another city).
With the number of sachools to choose from in China I would suggest moving on to a place where you are going to be happy and challenged as a teacher, as well as respected and valued by your school and students.
What is the most unprofessional thing you've ever witnessed or heard of a teacher doing?
There's a few unprofessionals at the university I work at; one wandered off during a field trip and went into a private hot spring with a female student causing everyone to wait one hour on the bus for thier return; another often spends conversation class playing card games with his students, arguing that he generates conversation this way; another teacher asks her class every morning if they feel like studying and then teaches or doesn't teach the class based on thier requests.
I've accepted that I'm not going to be popular with students while working at this institution, and it doesn't really bother me. I enjoy teaching. The alternative of sitting around killing time and/or flirting with the students would make me feel sad and worthless. Basically I can see my students improving and that gives me enough reason to come in everyday.
Does anyone else have stories?