You don't mince your words,do you!But neither does Turnoi.Maybe we should rename this thread "The Bickering Thread".It can then be a suitable vehicle for those posters who get kicks by insulting one another in public!I'd say neither you nor Turnoi is completely right in what you say.Reading your posts gives me an insight as to how badly things can get out of hand here in China when certain louwai get to know one another's diverse opinions on anything and everything.So,I'm content to be a loner and go my own way here while I welcome my FT colleagues doing so too.As for co-operating with them re discussing teaching methods etc,I'm not at all interested in doing so.That's because I know the net outcome will be animosity,perhaps even culminating in physical violence.I didn't come to China to meet Western louwai or scrap with them in front of the Chinese!