I too worked for Aston and I worked for them for two years and also in Xian for a time. I would not speak highly of the Aston school in Xian. Actually I would not speak positive about that school at all. I saw three foreign managers there and I do not know how they were picked to be managers. I saw these managers show us as skills of a good teacher or as a decent manager. As I heard them speak many times about teaching and managerail roles. I saw them do very little intheir jobs. Hiding seemed to be their beest job skill.

At the other schools that I worked at the managers were better than Xain by a huge margin. I knew of Dana's problems and she sucked it up, came to work as a professional. She could of came to school every day and sulked about, not wanting to teach and cry "poor me".

I would not say that there is a good team there in Xian now with Owen leading the way. Teachers are shorted pay when they are not giving their contracted hours. The teachers are to be paid their full salary and be given full hours as per their contract.

JJ we never saw anyone taking us to the hospital. It was sink or swim! Some teachers were even threatened with losing their jobs when they were sick by the foreign manager not by the Chinese managers. So you have been lucky or a good friend of someone.

I know of several teachers that I taught with at Aston who are still in China working but not working for Aston anymore.

In closing I do support Dana in what she has said here.