FAO Turnoi,
Question:Did I feel happy there?
Reply:In fact,I was only with them for a very short time.They switched a foreign teacher to another school because the initial school he was assigned to was dissatisfied with his teaching.I taught there briefly in place of him,after which the headmaster expressed his satisfaction with my teaching.So,the company tried to convert my almost-expired L visa into a 90 day F visa in Yuncheng shortly after I'd taken a medical in Taiyuan and signed a teaching contract.But I ended up getting an L visa of 6 days' duration instead!At that time the company was unaware of the changes in the visa regulations,as was I.Luckily I had sufficient time to exit China to a neighboring foreign country by rail before my visa expired,in order to obtain a new Chinese L visa there on the basis of my marriage to a Chinese.Before my departure,the company gave me a tidy sum to cover my unforeseen visa problems.So we terminated my contract by mutual agreement.Earlier,during the negotiations I had found Mr River to be understanding and more than fair.He was very kind indeed,even treating my better half and me to a slapup meal with as much high quality beer as I could drink at one of Yuncheng's premier eateries after the contract had been cacelled,something that he needn't have done!

By contrast,the ignorant way in which I was treated at the visa office in Yuncheng has put me off teaching in the area under its control ever again.

As far as the company is concerned,I'm not in a position to pass judgment as regards matters of teaching - I feel my time with them was too short for me to be able to do so.