Mary Ann, maybe you took some things a little too personally. I don't think this person posting is a "dirty old man". I have been reading his posts for a couple of years now and this person has been consistent with his stand on things. On the other hand, if you knew him to be someone who is a dirty old man, wouldn't you at least deduce that maybe this was a result of self esteem or emotional problems coming from possible abuse in this person's past? Yet you come on here and attack without questioning or reading earlier threads possibly, so you are the one who just committed the abuse.

I doubt that you yourself have made students' lives better in terms of raising their consciousness, esteem, and character. If you really have taught before in China and other countries around China you should at least know about the problems caused by a lack of honesty by both parents and teachers towards their children and the emotional turmoil it can lead to later after they grow up. I don't think you take other people's opinions too seriously, only the ones you agree with. At worst, you are just another narcissist who could not care less about changing for the better the mindsets of the locals that you work with and only pretend to be a good person just because you are a teacher. Time to get off that high pedastal.