I'm happy to know that someone finally stood up. I thought it was just me but as I can see, it wasn't. I can't believe that Bill is still treating people the same after all these years. SFSC is a good school only because of the teachers. Bill gives you a sense that you are his friend and you can trust him but in the end it is all a game of what can he get out of you and how much he can control you.[/quote]

Bill is a typical two-faced dosser (DOS for short). He has arrived in China with the mentality of a loser. He feels he has to prove something, and does so at the expense of the other foreign teachers working alongside him. No doubt he gets a pat on the back, back, some kind words, and a paltry bonus from his Chinese director for backstabbing his foreign underlings and negotiating contracts with them that pay as little as they'll reluctantly accept. I've met his type before - if he's a smoker, he'll not crash the ash, as is the Chinese custom. He'll explain how FT's in China are naive if they dare to complain about their accommodation, pointing out with glee that China is China. But he'll probably be occupying much better accommodation than his foreign colleagues.

Don't let pretenders like that put you off teaching in China. Next time, choose to work for a Chinese employer who has no foreign dosser.

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