Public Holidays

It was very strange when I first arrived as Easter was the following weekend. There was no sign of the Easter Bunny, no mention of Easter and we worked as it was just another normal day.

Anzac Day came and went and trying to explain to the Chinese students what it meant to be an Australian was just wasted.

Queens Birthday was also a holiday here, Dragon Boat Festival. However we still had to work.

It appears in China that public holidays are public holidays however the leaders will decide if you will or won't work. Some of the western teachers from other schools, colleges and universities have days off for public holidays and we don't and vice versa.

Until this year the Chinese enjoyed a long holiday for Chinese New Year however the Chinese Government decided that they should shorten this period and adopt other important days as public holidays.