On Tuesday night, a student who I knew from Senior 1 last year contacted me and asked if I was interested in helping her and her friends with their film (which I thought was for the RDFZ Film Festival but later I found out it was for an art project they were working on). I …
Category: planning
When it works, it works well…
This week has been a good week for classes. I have been doing job interviews/job fairs with the students and they all took to it really well. Even my small classes did it reasonably well. Last Friday afternoon I had to tell my afternoon students off for using their phones in class, but this week …
First time nerves…. again
First week of teaching was… interesting. I should perhaps provide some background. So, a couple of weeks ago, we (that is, some of the foreign teachers; two did not attend) had a meeting about the semester, and it was suggested we use the textbooks we had been issued with, for our lessons, especially because, the …
Summer madness
This summer was quite busy. Whilst it was nice relaxing at home, and exploring the countryside around my home, I also worked on my Chinese (I’ve had lessons via Skype), and wrote and did research for a couple of papers I might write. Last year I think it was, a friend sent me a cfp …
Decisions, decisions
Last week I had several job interviews. The first, on Tuesday, was teaching English at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science. The interview was immediately after I had taught a class and the interview itself was fine. The graduate school is nearby my current school - about two stops away on …
All equal? Perhaps in the future
We had our regular weekly team meeting last Wednesday. There was a rumour that there was going to be a big announcement. So we all shuffled into the office, imagining what it could be. Most thought it would be the announcement of the new manager, taking over next year. It wasn't. It was far more …
One bad and one good
Two interviews in two days, one bad and one good. That's how my week ended recently. The first, on a Thursday afternoon at a university a couple of stops away on the subway, I wasn't really bothered about. It wasn't a job for next year, but rather a gig for next semester, which involved teaching …
