As for a teacher being "boring" ,I've heard that garbage many times. His/her class was boring, so he was a" bad teacher"

I agree. One of the best and most coherent posts I have read for a long time.

Chinese seem to think we should be edutainers, an old and nice aussie mate I knew in my first year in China, always warned me that you will get criticism. As he worded it, it is just my suggestion that.....they know nothing of education, you are right!