No FT needs a Chinese teacher to help them plan ESL lessons. They also don't need a Chinese spy in the room to break classroom dynamics, pose distractions, or ruin an otherwise good lesson plan. Chinese co-teachers frequently contradict the syllabus or cannot pronounce words correctly while bouncing all over the map between the mother tongue L1 and the target language L2 while confusing students. Or if they're feeling really helpful, they'll come in and shove a video camera in the faces of the students to make them even more nervous and break their confidence and train of thought so that the ESL teacher can take 1 step forward and ten steps back.

Thank Frank or Ms. Liu or whatever [edited] you want to praise on here by telling them to know their place in education in China. I happen to know a few rather muscular gentlemen that would cherish an engaging conversation with Frank and if they catch up with the [edited] Frank will be in the tank and you can take that to the bank. This forum needs some anti-GW software.

I'd just like to let all of you informed readers know that working for a Chinese recruiter who places his foreign teachers in public schools and further education establishments locally is a very wonderful experience. You also get a Chinese teaching assistant free to assist you plan your lessons and teach your students. She also helps you with daily life problems that may arise from time to time. The great thing about a recruiter who operates like this is that he will do his very best to place you where you can succeed. If you suceed, then so will he. The one I work for is an equal opprtunties employer. He will offer Africans and Eastern Europeans jobs, as well as native speakers of English. I won't name my employer on here as I might be accused of spamming. This post is merely my thank you so much to my Chinese recruiter in public for treating me so well!