Hi all,

My name is Kevin and I have worked at Suzhou Foreign Language School for four years to date. I (and several other happy teachers) have signed on for another year commencing July 1st.

Let me tell you a little something, then please go back and re-read the original posting again. "StephanieB" is actually a New York born and bred MAN in his late 50s. He came to our school in late January, 2008 to take over my class of 1st graders. I had to move up to the 4th grade to replace a teacher who left due to health problems. We asked him if he could take the 4th grade and his eyes got as big as saucers (see, in 4th grade, we/I teach the kids all the language arts plus advanced mathematics, Science, computers, etc.). He wasn't about to touch that job with a 10-ft. pole!

After about 3 weeks into the job, he decided he had had enough of school leaders (including myself, the assistant director of our department) observing him from time to time and he started ranting - - he didn't stop ranting until he suddenly and abruptly quit last Friday, May 15th, 2008. He was originally upset that a "Senior teacher" such as himself would be under such scrutiny (which is actually very common with all new teachers, sorry). From then on, he lost his temper, lost his cool, lost his composure with about every little thing he could find.

I guarantee you that NOTHING he says in his post is even remotely true. Believe what you will but it's a matter of "he said/he said" in this case. I'm not even going to bother with nit-picking apart his post detail by detail, that would be futile (if you knew him, you would know he ALWAYS gets the last word!). What I will say is that he is using a name of a former "Stefanie" who worked for our school long before he came along. Her English skills were, you know, okay considering she had lived much of her life in France (French and American parents) and, not to insult her, could no way, no how use the English syntax that this man is using.

Will I say SFLS is a perfect, flawless school? Of course not - if you can show me one in China or pretty much any country then I'll be knocking on their door next year! This man is posting all over the place with various versions of the same story. They get more and more incredible as each one is posted. I'm happy to answer any questions you have if you'd like to email me: kev7161@hotmail.com Thanks for taking the time to read my rebuttal.