Jack, where do you get the gall to start a reply to me with 'now now' who the hell do you think you are? This is absolutely the last time I respond to these insulting attacks on myself. How would I know if there is a 'compound'? I don't live in Yuncheng and am not here to represent the company. I honestly don't know, but if I were to be placed in such a situation then I would find it unacceptable and would act accordingly.

To the ESL elite:
To state once again, with absolute clarity; the information I have given here is based solely on my own experiences with Yuncheng IELTS, I live in a two-bedroom apartment, I only know two other Foreigners in Jongji who work for the company, they also have their own apartments, nicer than mine. I don't have a microwave. I have been treated well by the company, and any complaints I may have had have been dealt with to my satisfaction. I am very happy with my school and with my assistant. I am not a fool.I am not a bully. I am not Paul. I am not paid extra by the company because I posted one innocuous reply to a vicious and personal attack on two people I hardly know, (this was of course before I realised that these attacks are just normal for all you backslappers).
I am completely frustrated by the futility of posting here. Instead of all the negativity,( surely once is enough) why don't any of you recommend alternatives to the people who come here looking for advice. That would, apparently, not be as much fun. No, it's more amusing,(oh, there's that lack of humour again Ian) to reply to a young man from Australia, seeking advice, to tell him that he's 'not ready to leave the nest'.
You help no-one. Circle-jerk away boys, I'm gone.
Ian McAllister