Huizhou University : Huizhou
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Nasty little place. Buildings are falling apart, and the place stinks.
There is a lot of negative talk about this university on a few ESL forums including here. Let me tell you that most of these comments come from a disgruntled teacher (under different aliases) who taught here a few years ago. He had a leak in his ceiling which the university did not fix. Fair enough to complain, but as anyone who has lived in China knows, there are two ways to complain to your Chinese bosses: one is to politely ask for a solution to the problem. If the problem is not resolved after asking politely, then ask for a different solution to the problem, such as requesting a new apartment (I also had the same problem when I first moved here, and the FAO quickly moved me to a much nicer apartment) — two is to badger your boss with increasingly hostile or angry attempts. The second way, while in the west might get things done, is a complete no no in China. When you show anger or hostility in China, you are more likely to be ignored or even fired, as the disgruntled employee found out.
Yes, Huizhou University is not a top university or even a second rate university in China. Yet, in the five plus years I was there, the university has progressed leaps and bounds. The students are a pleasure to teach, it all depends on how much you put into it and your attitude. One of the greatest things about teaching here is that the university gives you mostly free-range to decide on your lesson plan content and style you want to teach. Many universities in China are very stringent about the material taught by the foreign teachers, yet here the atmosphere is much more lax. Yes, this has its disadvantages of course such as not knowing what your departments expect from you or even knowing what the students expect. It is all up to you to give what you feel is good for both. I found that as long as the students are happy and don’t complain about you, the departments and FAO leave you alone to do as you wish.
The rumours about the foreign teacher running the bar are all false except for one: he does own a bar off-campus. I know because I am that person. The comment saying it is a “topless bar” that encourages students to dress up in sexy outfits and attend parties is completely ridiculous. For one, there are no topless bars in China (that I know of) and two, I never once mentioned I had a business to my students or shamelessly advertised it. I kept a very tight lip about this to ensure my business and teaching never crossed one another. They didn’t. Of course, after awhile, some students found out about it and even came to bar to have a drink. They are consenting adults and if they want to make a decision to come to a safe western styled bar to have a drink and let off some stress, who am I to stop them? I never once encouraged them to come. The university knew of my business and let me run it, as long as it didn’t interfere with my teaching abilities. Many Chinese teachers also run side businesses here and they are under the same circumstance; don’t let it interfere with teaching priorities.
It seems as if the disgruntled employee spreading malicious rumours has quite a sour taste in his mouth about his experience and he wants to pull everyone and everything associated with university down with him. I talked to him a few times when he worked here and he seemed nice and I was always kind to him as well. To my surprise, he has attacked me numerous times with his vitriol and lies in some strange, unjustified attempt to deface me.
If you want to know what the real Huizhou University is like, please email me at [email protected] and I can give you a real, unbiased view about my experiences there. I will tell you the good and the bad like any of my other jobs and experiences anywhere. Otherwise, be careful what you read on the internet about HZU because it most likely came from one shameless mouth. I am not afraid to use my real name and give my real email here because I have nothing to hide, unlike him. Being an anonymous voice on the internet is like a child throwing rocks from a bridge to strangers on the path below, the thrill of hurting someone without repercussions is devilishly tempting. If you want to say negative things about the university and defame others associated with it, why hide if you are telling the truth? What is there to be ashamed of? I have only two words to describe this kind of behavior: cynical cowardliness.
That said, I welcome constructive criticism and fairness on all sides of the argument and I believe HZU can and will learn from its past mistakes in order to make it a better university in the future.
Regards,
Lance H. Smith — Former teacher and friend of Huizhou University
P.S. Wait for the cynical cowardliness, it may strike again at any time.
Students very good because we had a meeting before the course started.
I also asked to have Monday morning free because of the teleconference events on Sunday night in my home country and it was scheduled as I requested.
Last year I asked to teach a course in Organizational behavior and it was scheduled. I also continue to teach my favorite course in financial statement analysis. The Chinese teacher gives the course in Chinese, then I teach it in English so the students already understand the concepts; all they need to do is to learn the English.
The school is at a good location being within 2 hours bus ride from Guangzhou and Shenzhen. I can go to social functions in Shenzhen and come back the same day.
1. An Australian teacher ridiculed by the administration for being a Muslim, fired mid-term
2. A Japanese woman when she asked for her position to be kept during maternity leave told she was crazy, contract not renewed
3. A Canadian teacher who complained about sewage leeking in his apartment from the apartment above for a whole year for “not keeping face” of the school, contract not renewed, money not paid in full according to contract
4. An African American teacher mocked for being fat and told she was not a “real American”, contract not renewed, had to insist for 4 months to be paid last money owed
5. A UK gay male teacher who refused to take part in the swindle “socialising” with local female divorcees with children organised by the college, contract not renewed
I guess if I were in the same position and were threatened by the administration if I do nothign to stave off the tidal wave of truth, I might perhaps do the same: lie, the way “Regina” lies.
And what about shishwash hog wash? Which one are you? the “teacher” who gets his own students to work in his bar (is it a toipless bar, or just “trendy”, i.e. meant for elderly foreign visitors to pick up young female flesh)?
Or that deranged 80 year old man who blabbers nonsense and acts as a purported leader off oreign teachers at biweekly hours long meetings?
Or that French Canadian jerk married to the niece of the dean, who got paid while away in Canada for a year to do “promotion” — read vile propaganda against teachers who have left (the Euro-Canadian man, the African American woman, the British guy whom you accused of being a fake-Ph.D. holder) and the teacher who was sacked directly because of the French Canadian, the Palestinian Australian who once prayed in public as a Moslem (not in class, mind you)?
Which one are you?
Despicable, that whole disgusting business of yours…
The school has been working on upgrading it’s accommodations. I stayed in the university hotel for a year, which was a very nice place and close to the teacher cafeteria; free water, free internet, and free English TV. The next year, the school finally repaired some older apartments with fresh paint and new furniture, so I live in a very nice, very spacious apartment. I need to post a few pics.
不惜一切代價，避免惠州學院
Make sure never to go to this horrible place where 40% teachers leave after 6 months or at most a year and the rest are doing shady business including trafficking of Chinese girls to foreign countries who suddenly lose all contact with their families (a very un-Chinese way to behave).