I only remember being really embarrassed once during my early days teaching English in China. I had just returned from a month long trip to Thailand, India, Nepal, and Laos. I returned to my school in Central China just in time to participate in the summer camp that they were conducting for two weeks. There [...]
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Keeping Track of your ESL Hours in China
Posted by Robert Vance on June 30th, 2008
As an ESL teacher in China, I have always been fortunate enough to have worked for schools that have not deliberately attempted to cheat me. However, mistakes have been made by these schools in payroll and the ‘burden of proof’ was always placed upon my shoulders. Fortunately, I had been advised before I came to China [...]
Being Direct with your Chinese Boss
Posted by Robert Vance on May 22nd, 2008
I am not a confrontational person by nature. So when my apartment was robbed and I lost an expensive camera, I was hesitant to approach my boss and ask him for some restitution. Why did I even consider asking him for some money? There was a clause in my contract which stated that the school [...]
