What we are fighting here, in addition to the heavy rules and regulations piled on my the local government, is the "entitlement... we are special" mentality by so many of the foreign ESL teachers here. They whine about a 30 hour work week. They whine about meetings and "extra" work which they are ASKED to do, not pressured. We get outrageously high salaries and special treatment compared to the local staff, yet whine and complain when someone doesn't wipe our bum for us. Is it any wonder the Chinese AND Western managers lose patience with our spoiled little kid attitudes? By the way, I speak from experience as, I am one of the whiny spoiled brats... not yet completely recovered.

So, on the one hand you slag off all western ESL teachers in China, then at the end of that paragraph you basically admit you are the same as the rest of us....which is it to be?

And yes, I didn't come to China to work a 30 hour week, I worked a 40 hour week in the gulf and nearer 60 hours in the UK for a long time, what's your problem with us older FT's who want to take it a bit easier,,,I am happy doing 20 hours contact time, but no more, and no stupid office hours....

Et tu brute?