In July, 2007, Harry's International English hosted a summer camp in various areas outside Shanghai and Nanjing, including one in Taixing.

The contract stipulated that the camp would last 15 days, and local transportation would be provided. Fifteen days means that teachers work for two full weeks, with a weekend off. At least the contract stated we'd get time off.

After teachers arrived, the local manager, Owen, informed people that all would teach 15 days without a day off. Working for fifteen days means teachers are actually working three full working weeks on my calculator.

More to come: we were then told that everyone would walk to and from school four times a day. The weather exceeded 100 degrees farenheit throughout the duration of the camp, so a ten to fifteen minute walk was hot, to say the least.

On another note, Harry's International mass photocopied all the copyright protected Cutting Edge material, without obtaining permission from Pearson Educational Publishing. I attest that just because other people do it doesn't make it right.

A few of the "teachers" were actually university students here on student visas.

It seems that Harry's International goes for the fast money and skips rope over ethics. I'd advise any and all actual educators to steer clear of this organization.