By: Richard Rowe ilbon1_dick@yahoo.com April 7, 2008

Until today I was not aware of the slanderous article on Sanjie Foreign Language school written by a "Ruth Hannagan dietatworms@yahoo.com" and posted 18 May 2005!

I was Sanjie's first Native English Language teacher when Sanjie opened in 2002, AND I taught there until I left in late May, 2005.
Allow me tell you a few more things regarding Sanjie up to the time I left:
1/ While I was a teacher there Sanjie had never had an employee named Ruth Hannagan, as the article implies! I met all the staff and teachers at Sanjie up to the date I left.
2/When I left, to teach in school my wife opened in Thailand, Sanjie aided me in any way I needed assistance.
3/ For the several weeks SARS was present in Beijing, and even though the # of students registered at the school had almost reached zero, Sanjie honoured my contract and paid me in full each and every week.
4/ Sanjie had never lost even one teacher "because they did not pay them".
5/ The only time I know Sanjie had trouble with teachers who wanted to "exercised their contractual right"(s) was when two teachers decided not to return from regular holiday until fully two weeks after the official holidays had ended. They had not bothered to inform Sanjie of why, nor where they were the whole time they were gone, and when they returned they expected to be paid for the time they missed. Sanjie understandably did not agree to pay them, but nor did it immedialtely let them go. Furthermore,
6/ Sanjie did not 'attempt all kinds of lies and threats to "punish" them', AND from what I saw and heard I think Sanjie did try to be fair and reasonable with them.
7/ Sanjie never "attempted to steal" teachers "personal belongings". Sanjie did insist that teachers leaving their apartments MUST obey the Chinese law and have the landlord present to make sure those moving out did not accidently take property belonging to the Landlord.
8/ Sanjie never attempted to balckmail any teacher! I understand the aforementioned teachers did, in effect at least, try to blackmail Sanjie. This may explian the slanderous article by the unknown Ruth Hannagan!
9/ Any "investigation with the Beijing Foreign Affairs Bureau and the Chaoyang District Foreign Affairs Bureau" will show that Sanjie has never had it licences cancelled. The police did, and still do come to routinely check the school's licence.
10/ All the while at Sanjie I never heard ANY employee or the president of Sanjie talk about any teacher in a slanderous way, nor heard teacher's words distorted.

Yes! "Be careful of this school", AND all schools! BUT, as the slanderous article of 18 May 2005 shows me, one must be even MORE careful about what they read about schools!