In response to Re And back we go on Turnoi's hypocrisy roundabout... (Concerned Teacher)

Calling in sick because you have drunk too much is another example of free time negatively impacting your teaching. Simples.
Well if I lose a days pay, so be it. The chinese don't care, and neither do I....it's not curing cancer or working for the UN, it's teaching english at a public school in a second tier city in China. You TC mob seem obsessed with "making a difference", but in reality you care about getting paid....education has nothing to do with it, it's all a big scam at training centres, but you are unwilling to see that and still work for one now

It's not about the days pay that you lose, it's about your students missing a lesson! THEY are your priority! I am not obsessed with 'making a difference' I am passionate about teaching my students to a high standard. Clearly from your comments YOU are the one who is concerned about your salary. I don't teach for the money, I teach because I love teaching.

Nobody else has said doing the bare minimum for their classes is their ethos. Nobody else has said teaching 16 different classes on one lesson plan is acceptable. When they do I'll call them a lazy tourist-teacher too.
Bare minimum for the bare minimum wage....the chinese get a pension, and all other sorts of gifts and stuff that we don't get at public school jobs. Why should I do more just to line their pockets? I don't do FREE!!!! You want me to judge an english contest...pay me.

Again, you do it because your students should be your priority, not lining your pockets. Your students deserve your best, no matter where you teach or for how much.