Let’s get off your ath and do some math. Math, Math, Math, Math, Math.
My school told me I was doing an extra class (Not offered me the opportunity, not asked me if I wanted to, TOLD me I was doing an extra class). The parents paid 400 yuan per child per session. I taught 16 sessions of the class with 9 children in the class.
So let’s do the first portion of the math. 16 * 9 * 400 = 57600 Yuan.
Now, I just received my compensation for that class. I received 1,440 Yuan. So let’s do the math again, and figure out how much I made in proportion to the amount the school took, bearing in mind that the only expenses the school had to account for in this class was A4 paper. 1440 / 57600 = 0.025. Turned into a percentage, that’s 2.5%, meaning the school took probably around a 96-95% profit off of my services, because they think they can pay their teachers peanuts and make them happy.
Let’s delve even further, shall we? 1440 / 16 = 90 Yuan. Let’s also couple that with the fact that I teach 22 classes weekly normally, and take in 10,750 monthly. Let’s figure that 4 weeks in a month, I teach 88 classes, give or take. 10,750 / 88 = 122.2 Yuan.
Let’s factor in the exchange rate, while we’re at it, too. Regular pay: 122.2 / 6.3 = $19.39 US. Overtime pay: 90 / 6.3 = $14.29.
Overtime is still time and a half in the States, right? Well here, it’s more like (According to mathematical evidence, 14.29 / 19.39) three-quarters time.
…And this school can’t seem to figure out why they can’t keep foreign teachers that aren’t from the Philippines.
