People from Henan are liars!
I should have listened to Carolynn and the countless Chinese people who warned me. My boss is a big liar. He has built his school and the whole promotional campaign around the school on the presence of foreign teachers. In the event, there will be no foreign teachers. My boss, Sean, has given up on trying to hire one. He is actually standing up the guy who thinks he will be the foreign teacher for this school. He is even turning me and rae into liars to all of the parents and kids we told that there would be a foreign teacher here. It turns out that the only reason we are here right now is so that parents and kids can see me as classes start.
Anyway, I guess now I have little choice. I can either call my boss a liar to his face and ask him to pay us now so that we can leave, or we can ride out the rest of the week lying to everyone we meet so that we can get paid again and avoid extreme embarassment on all sides. I think we will go the soft option, but not without some guilt.
Now, let me reflect on what has happened lately. The boss here, Sean called rae about a week and a half ago begging us to come back and help him. the first time we were here, we grew quite attached to him and this school. We felt as if we were a part of it, afterall, we were in all of the promotional material. So, as we were not overly busy we decided to come down as soon as we could.
When we got here, they had a whole big event planned for us. We were giving classes in front of McDonalds downtown for everyone who walked by. In addition, when we were not in class, Rae and the staff went around asking people if they wanted the chance to talk to a foreigner. Parents would all push thier kids into talking to me as a way of improving their English, and perhaps as a way of broadening their horizons. The next day, we got to work ready to do our best to help the school. For me this meant giving more demo classes to the kids who came in, but for Rae, it meant hanging out in the office and doing nothing. At the end of this day, Rae had a very bad feeling.
Have to go
I should have listened to Carolynn and the countless Chinese people who warned me. My boss is a big liar. He has built his school and the whole promotional campaign around the school on the presence of foreign teachers. In the event, there will be no foreign teachers. My boss, Sean, has given up on trying to hire one. He is actually standing up the guy who thinks he will be the foreign teacher for this school. He is even turning me and rae into liars to all of the parents and kids we told that there would be a foreign teacher here. It turns out that the only reason we are here right now is so that parents and kids can see me as classes start.
Anyway, I guess now I have little choice. I can either call my boss a liar to his face and ask him to pay us now so that we can leave, or we can ride out the rest of the week lying to everyone we meet so that we can get paid again and avoid extreme embarassment on all sides. I think we will go the soft option, but not without some guilt.
Now, let me reflect on what has happened lately. The boss here, Sean called rae about a week and a half ago begging us to come back and help him. the first time we were here, we grew quite attached to him and this school. We felt as if we were a part of it, afterall, we were in all of the promotional material. So, as we were not overly busy we decided to come down as soon as we could.
When we got here, they had a whole big event planned for us. We were giving classes in front of McDonalds downtown for everyone who walked by. In addition, when we were not in class, Rae and the staff went around asking people if they wanted the chance to talk to a foreigner. Parents would all push thier kids into talking to me as a way of improving their English, and perhaps as a way of broadening their horizons. The next day, we got to work ready to do our best to help the school. For me this meant giving more demo classes to the kids who came in, but for Rae, it meant hanging out in the office and doing nothing. At the end of this day, Rae had a very bad feeling.
Have to go
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