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Two weeks ago they told me I would be teaching English majors, a different class each day. A single topic for those days.
One week ago they told me I would be teaching Freshmen, no English majors.
This past week, I found out that some are English majors, some are Business majors, others are Law, etc.
Today I found out that this group of students goes through a ten week English program. Then it’s new students.
They informed the other American of what he’d be teaching the day prior. After being told that I would be paid at the end of each month, three weeks here and I find my salary waiting for me in the office, in advance.
70 RMB for a health exam? More like 600, information given the day of. As in when we arrived.
And the other day, one of the Chinese English teachers told me that this current teaching program is brand-new. They’ve never done it before, and likely more reordering is on the horizon. Yay.
Things are not too structured here. Sudden changes rock the boat, but I like it. It’s fun, in its own special way. With the schedule for my Chinese language classes changed, and an unexpected demand to sign up for a China bank account, it’s a nice bit of chaos in a world otherwise gone to order.
All ordered systems are gradually moving towards disorder.
Who knows what tomorrow will bring? I eagerly anticipate the last-second changes.
