The primary school is right next door. It's not big, just two floors. The office is on the first floor. The building is a bit dilapidated. There are only five classes, from first to fifth grade.
Each class may have only thirty or forty children.
The house has eight large characters pasted on it: "Study hard and make progress every day."
This primary school does not have English classes.
Only mathematics, Chinese language, physical education, music, and moral education.
Not to mention this school, there aren't many primary schools in the city that teach English.
In this era, many people don't start writing until junior high school.
As a result, many people from remote areas went to the city for junior and senior high school, but many of them couldn't keep up. So some places have gradually started to pay attention to this and started offering English as a subject from the third grade of elementary school.
However, not many people can speak English. Even many who have attended high school or junior college only know a few phrases.
Not to mention teaching children.
Those with good education look down on such low salaries and instead go to large companies that employ people with junior or senior high school education.
This has led to the current difficulty in recruiting an English teacher.
Even with slightly higher salaries, it's still hard to find a job.
Song Yanzhi has a talent for languages. In her previous life, her two children weren't very good at it. While others spent a lot of money hiring private tutors and sending their children to training classes, she taught them herself. As a result, both children were very good at English from a young age. Pei Tiantian, in particular, was cute and articulate, and participated in many speech competitions at a young age, winning a lot of prize money.
Song Yanzhi is confident in his teaching in this area.
Although I toiled my whole life in my previous life, I also learned a lot.
This was the only gain.
She walked to the dean's office and knocked on the door. A strong, clear voice came from inside: "Come in."
Song Yanzhi pushed open the door and entered. The office was small, a square room with a desk and a wooden stool in the middle. A middle-aged bald man wearing a gray polyester shirt sat in front of him, adjusting his glasses and looking at Song Yanzhi.
"Who are you?"
"Hello, Director, I'm here for an English teacher interview."
Upon hearing this, the other person immediately stood up excitedly and said with a warm smile, "So you are the English teacher introduced above. It's a pleasure to meet you. May I ask your name?"
"Song Yanzhi, just call me Xiao Song."
"Okay, Xiao Song, please have a seat. We can discuss the details later. You can tell me if you have any requests." The director smiled and poured her a cup of tea.
They seem very happy.
Actually, their school had discussed setting up English classes that morning, but it was delayed for a long time because of the difficulty in recruiting teachers.
Many parents have also raised this issue. Although it is convenient for them to study at their school, the education is not as good as that of other schools, and in the past two years, quite a few students have been transferred out.
As the dean of students, he was also very worried.
Song Yanzhi smiled at the head of teaching and said, "Thank you. My husband and I discussed the salary, and I have no objection. I mainly want to know about the course schedule."
She was straightforward.
Although it sounds like her salary is higher than other teachers, Song Yanzhi is also worried that the school will assign her too many classes.
In that case, it would be a case of losing more than you gain.
The head of teaching immediately said, "Don't worry about that. We only start learning English in the third grade. There will be a maximum of three English classes a day. In the third, fourth, and fifth grades, one class each a day will suffice."
"Our school will provide you with radios and other amenities. Apart from salary, you will receive the same treatment as other teachers."
Song Yanzhi nodded and smiled again, "That's fine then, I have no objections."
It's not that no one has applied before, but the requirements are too high, and they also have to teach classes, and they are very picky.
As a result, they couldn't be taught well.
Because Song Yanzhi was so easy to talk to, the head of the teaching department immediately had a much better impression of her.
He immediately led Song Yanzhi to visit the school. "This is the teaching building. First and third graders are on the first floor, and fourth and fifth graders are on the second floor. School starts at nine in the morning and ends at four-thirty in the afternoon."
"Teachers don't have to stay at school after class. They can go home early as long as there are no meetings."
"This is the teachers' office. There are workstations inside. You can choose one."
He led Song Yanzhi into the teachers' office.
The school's conditions aren't that good yet. Basically, all the teachers are in one office, and each person has a workstation with lots and lots of books and assignments on it.
Since classes had already started, there were only a few teachers inside.
Upon seeing the Dean of Students arrive with his entourage, they immediately turned their attention to him.
The moment Wang Xia saw Song Yanzhi, her smile vanished, and her voice rose: "What are you doing here?"
The last time Wang Xia met Song Yanzhi, after hearing that her husband was going to help her take her child to kindergarten, she had a big fight with him when she got home.
The two haven't made up yet.
She had been in a bad mood these past few days, and unexpectedly, the culprit who had caused her bad mood appeared right in front of her.
"Teacher Wang, you know Xiao Song? That's great! We'll all be colleagues from now on, and Teacher Xiao Song won't be bored here." The head of the teaching department said with a smile.
"What? What did you say, Director? What colleague?" Wang Xia was stunned by the director's words before she could even cause trouble for Song Yanzhi.
"Oh right, I forgot to introduce him to you. This gentleman is Song Yanzhi, our school's new English teacher. Please give him your help in the future."
After saying that, he looked at Song Yanzhi and said, "Teacher Song, if there's anything you don't understand, you can ask everyone. Don't be shy."
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