Teaching in China: WeChat Fixes the Little Hassles
Teaching in China Sounds Sexy — Till the Admin Starts If you’re thinking about teaching in China, the headline dream is usually simple: decent pay, a fresh city, friendly students, and maybe enough free time to actually enjoy your life. Nice. Clean. Very sellable. Then reality strolls in wearing slippers. The actual day-to-day pain points are often small but relentless: school announcements in WeChat groups, rent payments, lunch orders, transport, parent chats, HR paperwork, timetable changes, and the occasional “urgent” message sent at 22:48 as if everyone is running on battery power. For South Africans coming over to teach, the classroom part may be the easy bit. The tricky bit is everything that happens around the classroom. ...