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[quote=LEMONCACTUS,281547]Hi Apault,

I'm behind you on this one for the simple reason that if China acknowledges the fact that Westerners expect them to play by the rules, this might actually reflect on the way they treat their Chinese staff too.

Strangely I've had to make up only Thursday & Friday classes during National Holidays at both the universities I've taught at over the last couple of years. I never could get to the bottom of it and actually had quite a heated debate about it with the head of English but to no avail. It seems that if its always been done this way (and nobody else is complaining) then there's no need to change it!

However, as the current university expected us to teach on Christmas Day last year - despite the fact that it says we have this day off in our contracts - we explained the fact and managed to get the day off... and with further wrangling... NO make up classes.

I think it depends hugely on the school/uni and who's in charge etc. I don't think there's any reason why we shouldn't contest these issues (harmoniously) and improve conditions for ourselves, future staff and hopefully Chinese staff too.

In your case Apault... dare I say it... you might have a losing battle because of not working your contracted hours.. although I can never understand how this comes about when I've never known a university in China with "too many" English teachers or classes. All I've ever heard is how students want more English classes. It's a great waste of a resource.... anyway...

Good luck and it'd be interesting to hear how it pans out.[/quote]

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