I began an earlier post about Weifang in here, which was a general-enquiry about the
place, rather than the school.
The school-principal has come back to me now to offer
the teaching-job. He'll be forwarding me the contract later tonight.
I did some googling, again, on this school, and found an interesting
blog, a young American lady who has just finished up there.
She describes her experiences there in very positive terms, however,
here,
http://mllewoods.blogspot.com/2009/11/weifang-china-singapore-bilingual.htmlshe expresses her shock at the physical "whackings" she saw the Chinese teachers handing-out to the young primary school kids.
I have had only limited experience in a Chinese
primary school - heard the teachers getting a bit 'verbal',
at times, but never saw anything like what this lady describes.
Just not sure if I'd be too comfortable
watching these types of teachers' behaviours either.
Is this the norm in primary schools?
I'm a bit soft, I dunno...just that if I
do decide to accept this offer, and go there, then my inclination would be to stand-up and strenuously-oppose such rough 'methods', if I witnessed them when I'm in the class-room.
As you see in her photos, these are
very young tots!
What are your thoughts/experiences?