Even though today is a national holiday, we still have to work, as usual. Not surprisingly, most students aren’t here for the first day of classes. There was not a single kid in my Preparatory Math class. So I checked the register, and there are no students registered for it. So I went and asked “Super Secretary.” (I don’t know what her job is, besides putting on makeup and filing her nails, but she seems to be the most senior of the army of secretaries, and has a phD in something.) She said “yeah, it’s OK, it’s been canceled.” It was nice of her to tell the teacher the class has been canceled!

So, I just lost four 70 minute periods of teaching. To get our base salary, we have to teach eight periods, and we get paid extra for each additional period. It’s a sweet deal if they give you extra load. I only had one extra this semester, which was a light schedule. But now I only have a total of five periods. And I only teach two days of week. It’s going to be a boring semester!