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So, the search for a new job has intensified lately, given that there have been some negative changes at my school – new management who have cut existing fixed-hour contracts by 20% (which I don’t have), and they are making sure teachers with contracts get priority so they don’t end up paying them for hours they didn’t work; a new scheduler who has neither the time nor the inclination to make sure the remaining teachers have liveable hours, and one of the administration that I liked is on sick leave indefinitely since the management tried to forcibly buy her out of her lifetime contract. More on that next time.<\/p>\n

On a good day, I am working from 8.30am-8pm and getting paid for 7 hours of teaching. On a bad day (like tomorrow), I have two classes, at 8.30am and 4.30pm. The latest cavolata (cabbage-derived word that means stupid thing) is a course that is in BFE<\/a>, which takes 45-60 minutes to get there, for a one-hour course. Then of course I have to come back (which, FYI, every teacher doesn’t get paid for). At first, there was no transfer allotted for this course.<\/p>\n

Let’s do the math = 3 hours = 1 hour pay.<\/p>\n

I complained, and the next week, they told me that I could have a 5 euro transfer. Let’s do the math again. 3 hours = 1.33 hours pay. (By the way, in case you are doing the math, you’ve figured out my pathetic salary – in fact, one of my California friend’s RAISE was bigger than my entire salary this year).<\/p>\n

Think you’ve had enough? Read The Slavery of English Teaching<\/a><\/p>\n

This article has been circulating my school, written by a man teaching in Rome. Though I don’t recognize the author’s name, sadly I did recognize the suicidal Scottish teacher mentioned as a twin for an ex-colleague. I think someone removed the box of razor blades and the gun that was sitting next to the article in the teacher’s room for the safety of all of us.<\/p>\n

So I put myself in the crosshairs, and said, I’m not working that lesson. We’ll see what happens. Wish me luck on my interview tomorrow.<\/p>\n

McDonald’s posts nutrition labels directly on food packaging. McDonald’s has also reported installing larger, easier-to-use trash cans for the increased amount of waste they expect this information to generate.<\/p>\n

And, in the legislation world here in Italy, fish bowls and dog-walking<\/a> have precedence over educational reforms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, the search for a new job has intensified lately, given that there have been some negative changes at my school – new management who have cut existing fixed-hour contracts by 20% (which I don’t have), and they are making sure teachers with contracts get priority so they don’t end up paying them for hours…<\/p>\n

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