Loyalty bought is never loyalty from the heart. The "schools" will only see their situation go worse after some of these teachers have a change of heart and tell it like it is!

Very profound stuff indeed, Dragonised. Trouble is it is very difficult to 'tell it like it is' because we can only tell it the way we see it; and the way we see things can be wrong and can radically change according to chance experiences, or just getting a few more years under our belt. Have you never ever had a big shift of opinion on something? I know I have-it's a real character-tester I can assure you- you certainly have to be prepared to lose face to achieve a new truth. Tell you what, why don't you start afresh, return to China, and really try hard to get along with our Chinese brothers; they are quite nice once you get to know them? I can be your sort of virtual Cyrano de Bergeras...tell you what to say when you are on a date and stuff...or when the boss says you have an English Corner tonight-Instead of saying"up yours Buster, it's not in my contract" something like "Certainly, anything I can do to make your life easier and help the students" Now am I right or am I right?