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[quote=APAULT,244534]Evening:  when I taught in Shijiazhuang most of my classes werre 50 students.  When I taught for a few weeks in a middle school in Zhanjiang (Gd) there were 60 in each class and I also taught one primary school class with 90 students!!!!  I was offered a job in a Zhanjiang uni this year, class sizes upto 50.  Many foreign teachers report these numbers.   There are real issues like money..or wanting to maximise profits, while other places like the primary school simply wanted to be able to advertise they have a foreign teacher.   But I certainly agree that these numbers are too high.

My comment "But I am not sure how I will cope with 7 x 90 minute classes each week. :) :)" was of course flippant... I see it as a part time job, I could easily teach 10 or 12...provided I am paid accordingly.  When I started teaching in college in the UK I taught 22 one hour classes each week.  In business where I taught computing for half of my career, some weeks I taught from 9 to 5 without a break for 4.5 days... that was hard work but the pay was good![/quote]

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