Turino
- 2009-05-21
In fact,they can't make you sign an addendum to your contact about keeping your rooms neat and tidy,or anything else for that matter,if,as your post implies,it's an addendum further to the original addendum.Let's put it this way.They asked you to sign said addendum,and you chose to oblige them.
As for this signing in and signing out crap,I'd say you're treated worse than children,more like prisoners whose every move is being monitored.Curfews too.Personally I can bear that as I'm too old to be clubbing.But some young FT's have a diametrically oppoosite point of view to mine about that.Yes,backward is the word that springs to mind.
What you said reminds me of something that occurred at a college in China in which I taught more than 10 years ago.Maybe it's worth relating here.The FAO,a Chinese teacher of English,told me he had to be informed in advance whenever I received any foreign visitors so he could join us to make sure we weren't plotting to overthrow his country's government.The one and only louwai who visited me during the two years I taught there was a German tourist,and after I had invited the FAO to join us,we spoke in German.Said FAO couldn't speak a word of German,so lost face and disappeared after several minutes. After he had gone,we switched to English....LOL!
B
- 2009-05-21
I too, am teaching at a college in Shijiazhuang (A Foreign Language Translation College) and my curfew is 10 pm! Anytime I have guests visit, they have to sign in and give a time when they are leaving. They treat us like children here. In fact, last week, they made us sign an addendum to our contract that says we will keep our rooms clean an tidy. While they claim it is for our safety, I think it is a load of .... because as far as I can tell, this city is pretty safe.
P.S. Where do all the foreigners in this city hang out? I have hardly met any and I definitely want to meet some others and share our experiences...
me
- 2009-04-02
I worked at a public university and heard no such thing. I wandered in at all hours and nobody said anything.
Turino
- 2009-04-01
The college does not allow Teachers to be out after 11pm. If you have somebody stay with you overnight you have to report this. Does this happen throughout China Uni/colleges ? I am told these rules are for my safety and made by the Government.
From my own personal experience I can say the above restrictions are imposed upon FT's working in the secondary and tertiary sectors of the Chinese education system throughout China for the reason you've been told on account of recommendations made by the Public Security Bureau. But there will be exceptions. That said, I'd guess they are few and far between, most of them probably at the odd private educational establishment.
To anybody thinking of teaching at Hui Hua college, Shijiazhuang - the college does not allow Teachers to be out after 11pm. If you have somebody stay with you overnight you have to report this. Does this happen throughout China Uni/colleges ? I am told these rules are for my safety and made by the Government.