Finally got paid yesterday, and to my surprise, in full; including the extra overtime. Also got the visa situation sorted out, though I’m not too happy at forking out the extra 1500元 for the privilege. Apart from this, I’m pretty pleased. Especially, that I don’t have to go and do the pointless medical exam for an extension to my Z visa.
Over the last week, my student’s have started to slack in their attendance at my classes. Unlike the Chinese teachers, I have quite a laissez-faire approach to whether students come to my class or not, they all know this. They also know that if they persistently don’t attend, then it will affect their final grade.
Unfortunately I’m going to have to start to require they attend every class, if they miss three then their mark will be adversely affected.
It’s a shame that I have to do this, they are all adults. I shouldn’t have to treat them like children, but due to the way things work here (all their other classes have compulsory attendance, with 3 missed classes = fail) understandably they take advantage of my class being more laid-back.

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