Brazilian Bustle : Orientation Day at Donghua University

Holy Cow! Here's what I have learned so far:

1. Every teacher I have spoken to have said that the students are not motivated and are very lazy.
2. There is no text or syllabus for the Post Graduate and the General English conversation course.
3. There is a text book for the Sophomore English majors. I was told they don't like the text and need to be motivated to use it and even buy it.
4. I will be teaching Post graduate, General English, and Sophomores
5. There are no support services. i.e. photocopying......well what else might I need?
6. You do not get the list of students that will be in your class until week 3 as the students have the opportunity to drop the class without penalty. Attendance is mandatory.
7. I have 8 classes with a total of (approx) 280 students. General English has 50 students each and there are two of those classes that I will teach, I am told, the rest of the classes are comprised of about 30 students each.
8. If you wish to use handouts you ask your class (this will have to be done by me 8x) for a volunteer to help me. Then you give them the handouts you want copied, he/she collects the money from the students and then the volunteer goes to the photocopy shop,which is off campus , like a Staples I guess, makes the copies and hands them out the next class. I still am unclear as to the cost. I am told 1 penny per page then I was told 7 pennies then I was told 10 pennies.....10 pennies = 1 yuan (.15 cents US).
9. There are 15 minutes between classes and I have to sprint to get to the other side of the campus to get to my other class as they are not near each other, figures.
10. The bathrooms do not have toilets but are porcelain holes in the floor (have we discussed bathroom facilities here in China?), the handicap stall has the equipment I am familiar with - toilet bowl. Therefore, as I do not speak Chinese, I will consider myself handicapped and utilize this stall. However, there will be a ban on drinking water, tea, and the occasional shot of whiskey during teaching hours - non negotiable. (Kidding about the whiskey, just wanted to see if you were paying attention.)

Here is the English Departments' office - we share.

Here is one of the other teachers in the English department, by the name of Ondi. He was born in Hong Kong and lived in Canada for about 10 years, he is quite gay, and I don't mean happy.

Although I hope he is happy.
Here is a picture from the 5th floor of the English Departments offices, I am standing on an out door balcony where I plan on taking my lunches and enjoy this view. The spider like building is the library and do you see the pretty lake next to it. This is going to be my favorite spot.