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- 2006-08-05
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Darren Russell had a disagreement with the manager of Decai language school in Guangzhou, where he had been promised 20 hours of classes a week. Instead, Decai had him teaching at two schools, where he put in up to 14 hours a day and oversaw 1,200 students, Russell's mother, Maxine Russell, said in a telephone interview from Calabasas.
The school had troubles with foreign teachers. Two had quit by the time Russell showed up, and a former Decai employee, a Chinese woman who spoke on condition of anonymity, said she left because she was asked to recruit foreign teachers by offering attractive contracts that went unfulfilled.
In April 2005, sick from bronchitis and exhausted from the work hours, Russell told manager Luo Deyi he wanted her to lighten his work load. An argument ensued, Russell resigned and threatened to tell police Luo was operating illegally, the former employee said.
The school then moved him into a low-budget hotel. A week later he was dead. Police told Decai and Russell's mother that Darren had been killed in a hit-and-run traffic accident. The body was shipped to California.
Maxine Russell, however, said Chinese authorities could not provide consistent witnesses and a time of death. According to the congressional report, which was the outcome of a family request to look into the Russell case, a California mortician who handled Russell's body said he had suffered a blow to his head and his body did not have bruises and fractures consistent with a car accident. The mortician, Jerry Marek, is a former coroner.
While Maxine Russell and the former Decai employee say Russell was a beloved teacher, Luo, the manager, insists he was often absent from class and his "teaching methods failed to meet the requirement of the school and fit the students." She said he had been hired on probation, which he failed partly because of a drinking problem.
"It was very strange and irresponsible for them to blame us for their son's death," Luo said in a telephone interview.
Maxine Russell denies Darren drank while teaching at Decai.
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3)Welcome to Guangzhou Decai English training School
School introduction:
Guangzhou Decai English training School is a private English training school in Guangzhou City
Link:<http://www.tefl.cc/GuangDong/Job/Guangzhou%20Decai%20English%20training%20School.htm>
Qualifications Desired:
Vacancy: 5 foreign teachers
Degree: Bachelor or above(in education or related discipline is preferable).
Nationality: white who come from USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand.
Contact ways:
Contact: Miracle Gum
Tel: 0086-20-82383956
Fax: +86-20-82284051
E-mail : decaischool@yahoo.com.cn
Address: 12th floor, Building 2, No.320 Dasha dong Road, Huangpu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong,China.
Postcode: 510700
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