Bad Sign for Me and the Others

@Shavkat (141906)

Philippines

October 1, 2021 8:58pm CST

I was having a heart-to-heart talk with one of my loyal students online last night. He is claiming that there is a new policy in China that students who are 12 years old and below will not study online. He is trying to push me to say something. I cannot say anything about this issue because it is the company's rule. I am just giving some hints but not saying it directly. The bad sign is that the bread and butter of the company are the young learners. If they cannot do anything about this, the lesser we are going to be booked daily. So it will be a disaster if they decided to close the company. Why? A lot of virtual teachers will lose their jobs in just a blink of an eye. How's life treating you, guys? Image Credit: best4balls.com

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@LadyDuck (502394)

• Italy

2 Oct 21

Why this new policy? I hope this will not happen.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

2 Oct 21

I cannot explain it, too. All I know is that they had this new policy. I assumed that they are questioning the effectiveness of teaching online and thinking that they are learning something from the virtual teachers.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

2 Oct 21

@LadyDuck You got the right point. It was obvious that their local government does not want to open the minds of their people and speak things out against them.

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@LadyDuck (502394)

• Italy

2 Oct 21

@Shavkat May be they do not want that the students have contacts with people from other countries.

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@rakski (156373)

• Philippines

2 Oct 21

they are starting it already. there are fewer bookings now.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

2 Oct 21

I agree. I had only five students today. It is not a good sign. The Chinese people are having a Chinese National Holiday for 7 days. It was our first time to experience low bookings within this period.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

4 Oct 21

@rakski I agree. Today, I only have three students.

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@rakski (156373)

• Philippines

2 Oct 21

@Shavkat true enough. Before when there is a holiday there, you can expect a fully book class

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@jobelbojel (36796)

• Philippines

2 Oct 21

I wonder who will teach the young kids online? I know the Chinese are busy people.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

2 Oct 21

That's the point that they cannot get it. I assumed that students will be infliuenced for being liberated.

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@jobelbojel (36796)

• Philippines

2 Oct 21

@Shavkat so true.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

2 Oct 21

@jobelbojel I hope our company can do something about it.

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@DaddyEvil (174378)

• United States

3 Oct 21

I wish you all the luck, Shavkat.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

3 Oct 21

Thank you. I am sure I will be lucky with your wish.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

3 Oct 21

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@DaddyEvil (174378)

• United States

3 Oct 21

@Shavkat You're welcome...

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@Deepizzaguy (122132)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

2 Oct 21

I am doing okay working with a computer that needed an update this afternoon to make it run better.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

2 Oct 21

I am glad that you are having a good time with this update thing.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

3 Oct 21

@Deepizzaguy No worries.

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@Deepizzaguy (122132)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

2 Oct 21

@Shavkat Thank you for the kind wishes.

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@DocAndersen (54399)

• United States

2 Oct 21

i suspect in the new world post covid, there does in fact need to be a balance. the old and the new - sorry about that.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

3 Oct 21

@DocAndersen I hope I can find the right one and be contented after.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

2 Oct 21

I cannot control this anymore. The best course of action is to continue finding a new job online. I was being offered to work offline but it is not a perfect timing due to this covid.

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@DocAndersen (54399)

• United States

2 Oct 21

@Shavkat i know that situation is hard, but what you are doing is important.

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@kareng (80243)

• United States

2 Oct 21

I hope that doesn't happen and all the teachers get to keep their jobs and the students get to keep learning.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

2 Oct 21

I do hope so.

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@kareng (80243)

• United States

2 Oct 21

@prinzcy (32299)

• Malaysia

9 Oct 21

Is it true? That's really weird. Are they afraid of the young ones being brainwash while studying online?

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

10 Oct 21

The updated news from Chinese professional students online that I heard, the Chinese government's new rule is to let the students 12 years old and below do their school homework and not to study the English language.

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@sjvg1976 (42727)

• Delhi, India

2 Oct 21

Yes, that will be a huge disaster for the virtual teachers but the relief will be that they would be able to teach them offline.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

2 Oct 21

I doubt if their English teachers offline can teach them the way we do to them.

@prashu228 (37518)

• India

2 Oct 21

That's a bad news...

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

2 Oct 21

I think so. It was buzzing in all online tutorial companies in China now.

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@choijungeun (2710)

• Hangzhou, China

2 Oct 21

Don't say anything bad about Cathay to your student,he maybe will tell his parents,his parents will sue you to your company.Cathay is a very evil country that encouraging the students to rat out those people who dare to speak the truth.They call it's a patriotic behaviour. I'm glad you still have the conscience under the suppression of your Company's rule,but i really wish you can keep your job and have a beautiful life.May God bless you

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

2 Oct 21

I am not that kind of teacher online. I just carried my job and that is to teach. I don't care what are the issues that can offend the students' parents. I hope I can find a new one and leave this company for good.

@Janet357 (75638)

•

2 Oct 21

I heard of this news several.months.ago. but there are companies that cater to the linguistic needs of Japanese clients and so on.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

2 Oct 21

I am targeting to find a job in another Japanese company. I had a backup Japanese company before this pandemic.

@cabuyogty (4487)

• Philippines

9 Oct 21

I was laid off last years in my work before but now i'm sure with myself that i have my job for now and in the future . I hope that everything is good at my ends :)

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

10 Oct 21

I am still struggling to find the best one. Hopefully, I can choose the best one next week.

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@Vree0937 (3878)

• Indonesia

2 Oct 21

These days we just need to adjust with new rules, new procedures. That's how we can survive

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

2 Oct 21

It's easy to say, right? While it is happening at present, the load of students is so low. It means the virtual teachers are not earning more than before.

@GardenGerty (169449)

• United States

2 Oct 21

If this is true it will be China's loss. Of course it may be that they fear younger students will be indoctrinated.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

2 Oct 21

I also told this student of mine that there is nothing wrong with young learners learning the English language at a young age. I assumed that China's government is becoming paranoid about online classes.

@allen0187 (59692)

• Philippines

3 Oct 21

Communist China wants to control what the children are learning and since it cannot control the internet they are banning online teaching. Hope you have a back-up plan in place.

@RebeccasFarm (91299)

• United States

2 Oct 21

Oh dear..there goes all your students..I am sorry to hear this Shavvie. Life is treating me fine..well okay you know thanks.

@wolfgirl569 (135690)

• Marion, Ohio

2 Oct 21

I hope it doesnt happen

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

2 Oct 21

I hope it will not happen.

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@nela13 (59367)

• Portugal

2 Oct 21

Why have the China decided that? Hope you can keep your job.

@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

2 Oct 21

I hope it all works out for the students.