Choatle,

You are totally correct in your assumption that The Doc is nit pickey and a whiner. As evidenced by his nit picking on your use of the word "nit picking". At best, The Doc's comments are unwarranted and immature, at worst, they're slanderous and offensive comments about a University that in no way deserves them. I am a co-worker of "The Doc" and would like to use this forum to set his story straight.

I have been working at SIE for the same amount of time as The Doc and have found the staff and accommodations to be satisfactory, AT WORST. The every member of the Chinese staff is helpful beyond their job description when it comes to problems that foreign teachers face. They are constantly assisting us with things that most schools don't bother with, for example: filing government documents, shopping, planning personal trips and purchasing plane/train/bus tickets, and on and on (and on). As a staff member as SIE, I am offended and outraged at The Doc's comments on this forum. These are the rants of someone that is the epitome of "The Grass is always greener..." and who will never be happy in the situation that he is in.

As you can tell from The Doc's previous posts, he is grabbing at straws when it comes to complaints. He complains about the laundry and room cleaning, which are bonuses to this job and rarely done in other lines of work, and says that they are unsatisfactory. To me, and the other teachers, they are far more than adequate. The cleaning isn't comprehensive, but its free! If you don't like it, do it yourself!

Not only is The Doc looking a gift horse in the mouth, he's punching it in the face, then defaming it on the internet. S.I.E. is a great place to work and the staff and accommodations are better than most other teaching jobs you would find in China.

For the record, I'm not saying this on behalf of S.I.E., I just don't want this institution to be belittled by one person who is having a bad experience solely because he insists on having one.