A week has passed since my last update and my broadband at home is now up and running. I am trying to take everything in as best I can but there is so much to learn. I am sitting writing this on my laptop in the apartment, drinking a nice bottle of Vieux Pape, which is actually quite hard to come by in China as it is out of most people's price range and only sold as a luxury item. I have just purchased a scanner and a webcam/microphone for the computer in the hope that I will soon have some photos to upload – we have a zoo trip with the students on Friday – and if any friends or family are set up on MSN, Yahoo Messenger, Skype, ICQ, etc. or even good old-fashioned web conferencing, they can see how much the mosquitoes love me on camera and laugh at me for free.
Most of my students are great, there are a couple who are going to need a slightly firmer hand but they'll soon learn who's boss, or, at least, that's the plan. Next week I start on full schedule: 26 teaching hours and a 40-hour week, in total. The only problem is that my lesson plans are still taking me longer at the moment than the other teachers, so I am in for a bit of a shock. Fortunately we have another teacher arriving next week which will water down everyone's workload a little – the senior teacher is already having to work overtime and will, I'm sure, be glad of the extra pair of hands.
So, if anyone is reading this and fancies a year or two in China teaching, get your applications in quick – you won't be disappointed.
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