10 hours of school 6 days a week

The school system here in China is very different from in Canada. School here in China starts at the very early age of 2 and the number of hours you attend just keep increasing with your age. All the students wear tracksuit uniforms differing only in colour depending on the school. The middle school students attend from 7:30 am until 5:30pm with a 2 hour lunch/nap time during the middle of the day. The high school students attend from 7:30 am-9:30 pm also with a 2 hour lunch/nap time and 1 1/2 hour break for dinner. The evening classes are for self-studying with a teacher to supervises the students. All students and teachers can eat their meals on campus in the canteen. I am not sure if there is an extra charge because I just walk up and point to what I want. Each class have 50-55 students with approximately 12 classes for one grade. This means that I will be teaching English to over 550 students. Each classroom has a head teacher and each grade has a head teacher. As well, there are numerous directers that see to the students moral behaviour. Instead of the students moving around from classroom to classroom depending upon the subjects the teachers move around. The students all sit in rows and their desks are stacked with numerous text books leaving them with very little work room. Many of them have so many books that they have gone and made themselves permanent bookends attached across from one side of their desk to the other to hold all their books in place. The students spend most of their day at the school therefore they do not carry backpacks back and forth and those who live faraway stay in the students quarters. During their free time, many students like to play basketball, badminton, and table tennis in the courtyards. The school contains two buildings each with about 6 floors and are attached by open corridors with beautiful gardens and hedges in the middle. The school also has a track and a field for PE lessons.