Raoul was kind enough to let me post my thoughts and viewpoints on his website although I wasn't interested in joining yet another Foreign Teachers Rants and Raves message board. However, most of the critiques he has posted in recent weeks are simply outdated. Is the school STILL screwing over teachers (assuming they were in the past)? I guess it's just a matter of viewpoint. The ones that go away angry and disenfranchised are going to say "YES!" loudly and clearly (but, truth be told, many of those teachers weren't what you'd call "quality" teachers in the first place! Those are usually the ones that pontificate the loudest.). However, as far as I can tell, most CURRENT teachers there seem happy with their treatment. All? Hardly. This is not a miracle school after all; this is a Chinese school. One that I like, but obviously not one that all teachers have liked in the past. As for comments like "low pay", "way out in the middle of nowhere", "screw you on your Residence Permit", etc. I don't see that or hear of these things from the CURRENT crop of teachers. Maybe more of them will come along in a few weeks after the term is over and they've gotten their final pay and set me straight. So be it. Like I posted over at Raoul's, I can't certainly speak for any other teacher but myself in those regards.

What Raoul's agenda is for being doggedly in his pursuit of this school is beyond me. But I know what I know (concerning SFLS) and he knows what he thinks he knows based on his interviews with former teachers. Perhaps never the twain shall meet! (I know, I know! I said in my PREVIOUS post that it was my last concerning the SFLS issue, but I just had a bit more to get off my chest I guess. Sorry about that all!)