With regards to the fast food comments, I feel this warrants a degree of consideration within the framework of the discourse. I and my partner began our term of employment with York 5 months ago. Amongst the current staff, and those that have come and gone during our era, there are many highly qualified and experienced teachers. To add clarity I consider this to include high level graduates, experienced educators beyond TEFL and former holders of mid-upper management roles within western economies. To give the example of myself and my partner, I hold a First class B.A. honours which at the of issue was ranked one of the highest in the UK, I worked as the recruitment manager for one the largest supply agencies in the north of England and am a junior partner in a Europe-wide highly successful corporate security solutions provider. My partner obtained a BSc and prior to coming to Fuzhou was a supervisor at one of the biggest energy provider in the world. Thus, whilst we are only a small sample of the staff-force, we are evidently not the epitome of Silverboy and Maz's portrayal.

I find this all a tad implausible. If you have such a corporate background and vast experience, what on earth are you doing wasting your time in China at a training centre?

The GCC countries would pay someone like you much more highly, and with much more perks. So would I imagine Japan and south korea would prove perhaps a better option, but it's your barbecue, so to speak.

As for the supply agency in the north of England, care to name it? I hail from Manchester, and know a few agencies?

TL