"Get the basics right". Why don't YOU get the "basics" right before you try to tell others how to spell LAOWEI. You said you know Kevin and you don't like him, would not want to be a colleague of his, then you wish him well. I think that is really strange.

I suggest you take a look at the contact of Suzhou Foreign Language School. It is my opinion that Kevin should be ashamed of himself for working at such a school. It seems he has no concern about the welfare of his fellow FT's. Just the fact that SFLS will let Chinese parents decide who is a good teacher is reason to avoid that school.

How illogical and stupid is that, parents deciding who is a good teacher. It is more than stupidity, it totally pathetic. Kevin may not be a DOS as he says, but he is guilty by association for remaining employed at this school.

Or maybe there is another reason - he can't find employment at any real school!