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- Best class ever: democracy September 18, 2007
- YuYao September 4, 2007
- Quantum aliens and gifted kids August 3, 2007
- Again, the summer school August 3, 2007
- Summer school July 21, 2007
- Breeding for mediocrity July 7, 2007
- Chinese dentistry June 19, 2007
- Chinese influenza and medicines June 12, 2007
- Critical thinking, “inappropriate for university students” May 25, 2007
- More bureaucracy May 23, 2007
- Legend and Arissa May 7, 2007
- Shanghai Museum of Natural History April 19, 2007
- Cooking segments April 7, 2007
- Fertile ground March 27, 2007
- Chinese superstitions March 4, 2007
- Beijing 3, The Great Wall of China March 3, 2007
- Beijing 2 February 22, 2007
- Beijing 1 February 16, 2007
- Frankenstein scar January 10, 2007
- Feng Shui management October 19, 2006
- Only English October 18, 2006
- Shanghai commuter trains 2 October 13, 2006
- Shanghai’s commuter trains 1 October 3, 2006
- Zheng He and Malacca September 7, 2006
- Banks August 12, 2006
- More visa crap August 12, 2006
- More around home July 21, 2006
- Home at Cloud Nine July 21, 2006
- Geography and another summer July 21, 2006
- Teaching futility June 30, 2006
- Huang Shan 2 May 25, 2006
- Huang Shan 1 May 21, 2006
- Longre April 29, 2006
- Nanjing April 9, 2006
- Be among women March 29, 2006
- Xi’an 4, museum March 16, 2006
- Xi’an 3 March 16, 2006
- Xi’an 2, Chinese archaelogy March 8, 2006
- Xi’an 1, terracotta warriors March 7, 2006
- Not booking flights February 18, 2006
- Another Chinese New Year February 17, 2006
- Zhongshan Park 3 January 30, 2006
- Zhongshan Park 2 January 30, 2006
- Zhongshan Park 1 January 30, 2006
- More on IELTS students January 7, 2006
- Staying for a bit January 6, 2006
- Hysterics and heresies December 19, 2005
- Not cancer November 2, 2005
- Bad attitude November 2, 2005
- Visa crap November 2, 2005
Tag Archives: students
Crazy English
Addendum to the previous student incident: it turns out that lecturing-to-yourself study trick is standard. Most Chinese students do it because they’ve been told it helps retention. Difficult to believe, but someone said it’s true and they hardly ever question, … Continue reading
Yelling at trees
My new school is interesting from an English teaching point of view. Some schools around town are quite direct about wanting just white-Americans or Canadians. They will take such teachers (especially young, good looking ones), regardless of educational considerations. At … Continue reading
Live to work
One of the problems with working a full time job is that it leaves very little time for anything else. So apart from a day-trip to Hangzhou a few weeks ago, I have done very little the last month except … Continue reading
Sheep and wolves
I was a bit premature saying my work situation had stabilised. I said I got a job doing business English but it didn’t materialise. The company recruited me in anticipation of needing someone to teach their client, but apparently their … Continue reading
Posted in Schools & teaching
Tagged china, chinese, complaints, edutainment, english, IELTS, sheep, students, teaching
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Teacher’s market
After being fired I didn’t feel great, worried and vulnerable. But that didn’t last long. I was officially fired Saturday two weeks ago, after being told on the Friday, and by Monday I had my first new job. Both the … Continue reading
Posted in Schools & teaching
Tagged business, china, chinese, conversational, english, flexibility, part time, school, students, work
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Fired
Well, they fired me. Weird and unforeseen, but true. Initially I was upset about it, because this never happened to me before. Probably there is no feel-good way to get fired. That was Friday but now I feel a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Schools & teaching
Tagged china, chinese, complaints, deadbeat, english, excuses, fired, illiterate, lies, material, muddle, school, students, suspicious, turnover
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Student names
The subject of student names is interesting. I don’t know whether it’s a school policy that they all have English names, but nearly everyone does. I never thought Chinese people should be forced or urged to do that; names are … Continue reading
Posted in Schools & teaching
Tagged china, chinese, english, fumigation, incompetence, names, pest, policy, prostitutes, rat, school, students
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Postcards from Shanghai 