Hello Clyde. It will be Jinan. I'm a bit confused, I thought we were talking about state universities and middle schools. Your graphic description of the ablutions and what used to be called French toilets( when i was in France in 1966(England won the cup) most of their matong were holes in the ground) gave me a nightmare flashback to a couple of occasions I did find myself in those teaching establishments. Being a chain-smoker has to be an advantage to work in such places I thought, because only 10% of your odour receptors are active. They should give you free fags as part of the contract.

Foreign teachers need to be paid more than local teachers because one day we have to return home; restarting your life again in the West, can be a very expensive business indeed; we don't all return to Mum and Dad's, and find our room exactly as we left it five years before. I never felt guilty earning substantially more than Chinese teachers. Your position would really get up my nose. However, my pay will be only 4200, so I could yet be confronted by Chinese teachers getting 5000. For the balance to change after you have started the job is different again, I understand. Not good at all.