I was asked to teach English to high school students on this campus, which I graciously declined. One of our friends mentioned this to me earlier. She'd taught a couple classes last year and didn't like it. The kids were pretty misbehaved and uninterested in learning. That was strike 1. Another strike was that whoever taught, needed to grade and test the students, which I didn't want to do. Ms. C. and her assistant G. tried hard to persuade me (in some ways, being a bit uncouth about it), but I just told them I wouldn't do it because of those strikes. They were trying to convince me to take the job rather than interview me to see if I was qualified, which wasn't a good sign to begin with. No doubt they were desperate, but I wasn't, so I ended up politely declining their offer.
We were taken on a tour of a middle school that has asked us to teach once a week, for ten weeks. The school is quite large, about 1200 students and 90 teachers. It had an Olympic-size swimming pool that was empty (to be filled in 10 days). Mr. O showed us a room that we’d be teaching in (seats 200), with multimedia. A lot of this foreign teacher stuff seems to hinge on prestige. More foreign teachers = more prestige = more $$$$ from people willing to pay for it (and apparently, there are plenty) = more revenue for the school. We talked about pay a bit, then went to dinner at a nearby restaurant. To clinch the deal?
We have a great deal of pull with this stint, if we take it, seems decent enough...
