Dear Sir,

Everyday in the west we have delegations of Chinese that come over to get training and advice for research purposes and we call it "Cultural Exchange"

Most government schools in China research and study the foreign teachers that they employ. Monitoring their computers admin work, lessons and general way of life. This is a true fact.

Research is the way of life. You do not get high degrees without it. Foreigners, which I must say I ralely used this terminology before I arrived in China do research too for their degrees and learning purpose.

There is a saying "Watching you Watching me" It is a real fact of life now.

The education system is quite poor in some places in China with very little aspect of getting good results due to the lack of well trained staff and resources. This will improve over time and the system should be addressed fully over the whole of China in order to get a balanced form and system of education for the masses.

The term "Fur coat and no Knickers" apply to most of the schools we have visited, where the schools have been decorated to a high standard outside but inside the classrooms are barely usable with no heating and in some cases no glass in the windows or paint on the walls, but you still see so many happy students who want to learn whatever the conditions and their families have worked very hard to give them this.

You need to give more to your students and their families, more to your teachers and more for the classrooms. Less to the pomp and more for the circumstance.

The rich get richer and the poor don't matter. A lot of foreign teachers come to help and they get hurt along the way they get cheated and lied to. Taken for a ride when they give their time to help China. Research is Education that is my vocation in life.

Good luck to all of you who want to make a difference to this ever changing world.