Wow! What a pile of moaning minnies! Parents who want an international education for their child and their child can't speak English - and the school principal gets criticized for advising extra English lessons! My children have been at Shanghai United International School for four years, and I have nothing but praise for R S. He took a failing school and turned it round. The school size has doubled in four years and the quality of teachers has improved a lot. There are still lots of problems with the Chinese administration. After all this time they still do not know what international standards are. But Mr R and his senior teachers have been very successful in giving us a good bilingual English and Chinese education at a much lower price than the other international schools. A year ago we lost R S to the secondary campus and hear that he has developed just as good a reputation there as he did here at the primary school. Good with kids, good with parents. We now have a new principal from the UK. Very quiet. Hope he keeps up the good work. I am looking for an ESL teacher for my friend's kid and came across this website by accident. I couldn't believe some of the stupid comments!