Riverina, not that you have to be an established board member, but I don't recall you posting on mainland issues and you have painted MANY FTs with one color. Newbies come not only on boards but also to those teachers' meetings to analyze experienced teachers. I agree with you to a certain degree, however, your generalization may be a bit farfetched. Also, from my experience, there are lately quite a few oldtimers on mainland that suck it up a way too much (for their own personal reasons), which helps some employers to use those rotten foreigners as "examples" to the ones that demand better working environment and some respect. For the sake of the Teachers Board Meeting, would you be kind enough to offer some feedback on the issues outlined?

For the whole board, it seems that everyone currently busy with other topics is not so interested to open up. I assume the posters out on certain topics, that are up on the board, are shy or thinking this is a "catch 22".

Don't worry gents! You won't lose your jobs. :)

Cheers and beers