3rd Semester Done

My third of four semesters at SCIC is done. It has been a long haul, though with a lot of positives.

It started off being moved from freshman classes to sophomore. Something I was not happy about. However, with all the changes affecting the freshman classes it was really a blessing in disguise, and my classes were good.

The issues came with all the changes at SCIC. The College is merging with two others and next year (2018-2019) teachers at the Sino-Canadian International College at Guangxi University will essentially be designing 2-4 new courses each.... from scratch. It is a monumental undertaking, which will require at least 40 hours a week outside of class time, and of course no extra pay is forthcoming. I also wonder, with enrolment down to about 30% of what it was last year, how many of these classes will be taught beyond next year anyway. It isn't like I would be building a programme that would last ten years, which I might enjoy.

This means that, despite being qualified and in a position to teach sophomore classes again, I will pass and move on. It has been a great run at SCIC and I do wish them the best, but I am sure that the spring semester will be my last at SCIC, and probably Nanning.

Outside of the office, we have had great professors come in and a few that have stayed on, which has made for, I think, a much more professional group than was here last year. We've also made a few new friends here, which is great. In fact, outside of It has been the best semester yet in some ways. Overall it has been a great 3 semesters, and I am sure the fourth will be good as well, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little bit excited for July.