TeamWaWa and their crazy adventures

Family and Friends, hello! Today is Teacher’s Day in China. Being a teacher is a respectable job here. Teachers work hard to prepare fun and engaging lessons, provide a safe environment for the children and please the parents. The pressure on Chinese students is high. At 9-10 years old, they take extra lessons outside their primary school. They are forced to learn English. To get into a good school, they need to score high. Grades do matter here. We never thought of teaching young learners in the States, but we do enjoy what we do here. And our students do seem to love us! #china, #teachersday

Hello my friends. Hello my family. And hello to any passerby.   It's the middle of August. And at Shane English School Changzhou we are officially done with summer courses.  Yes, there is a lot of excitement in these words. Since Shane English School is a training center, the teachers don't get summer or winter breaks. You work more in the summer. And the pay is the same. And you do work in the summer. It's not all playing with the kids. We are a little perturbed with the school due to the summer courses. They didn't sell enough courses in August as July so some teachers got 9 days off in a row. And Kristin got none in July. Matt got 4 days off. As you can see, there is a slight injustice in the scheduling. After being with Shane English School Changzhou for 20 months,  we have seen a handful of injustices. This is definitely not a school where all things are created equal. The general theme is "it is China". After our Taiwan holiday at the end of thi...