I've just been pleasantly surprised by my release letter from a Chinese college where quite frankly I have done a pretty average teaching job at best. After being in trouble every so often due to complaints about my teaching from some aukward students of mine, I decided to keep in with my minder. At the end of every month, I invited him and his wife for a good meal, saying that I was very happy to do so, as I'd been given a wonderful opportunity to experiense their country through being employed by the college. It cost me about 200 quia a dinner. In all honesty, I was only expecting an average teaching asessment, but I could hardly believe the great one I received. Meanwhile, the other foreigner here, who never invited our FAO out for a meal has got a very average rating of his teaching. Naturally, I didn't tell him about my great rating, as I didn't want to disappoint him, as he is a much better teacher than I'll ever be able to be, and he would have been even more disappointed, had he known about my super rating. My advise is if you're no good at teaching, keep your head down, accept the critizism, and be kind to your minder by buying him dinners oftentimes. Then you'll be okay for getting a great report, and then can move on to a new gig!