I don't think any FAO or "teaching co-ordinator" has the right to ask an FT to submit lesson plans. If the Chinese teachers don't have to submit one then why should an FT? It is just plain hypocrisy IMO.

I agree...to shed more light I definitely think national pride and confucian mentality is at stake.

I am a 35 year old british male, he is 39, Chinese and been a teacher for a good number of years. He is the FAO but I am not sure if he is responsible for co-ordinating my schedule and teaching.

I suspect it is a case of I am younger than him, and not Chinese, and thus outside of the confucian circles upon which Chinese society is based, so the more I defy him the more he pushes onto the stubborn younger "wai jiao".

Maybe I'm wrong, but I can't find any other valid reason for it?