> I didn't just "come here", I was recruited to come here
> with a pre-paid ticket, a signed contract and work visa already in
> hand, that's a big difference little buck-a-roo.

YOU still made a choice to come here! I assume no one forced such a big strong firefighter over here against his will?

> Lots of "foreigners", as you put it, are 20 somethings
> fresh from a university, eager to open their new-born eyes and still
> living on daddy's stipends. THAT'S why a guy like you doesn't HAVE
> any bills to pay, you haven't DONE anything yet! It's also one of the
> primary reasons the education system here is so fouled up, they hire
> kids to teach kids, NOT professional, experienced and INFORMED*
> teachers!

I am 38, not exactly fresh out of college? I was a teacher back home. YOU were a firefighter? How does that relate to teaching, boy?

> Maybe ALL the teachers in your school are dwarfs too. Myself I am 6
> feet, 230lbs and yes I am big. It comes from lugging 200lbs of gear
> around as a firefighter for 5 years. When you get a little older,

There is a 63 year old, his wife and a 44 year old, plus a 28 year old at my school, and of various sizes.

> Yes, there are plenty of cheap places to eat in MY country too. And
> have YOU ever heard of botulinus or hepatitus? (That's why I don't
> eat in cheap places, NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE!) And who made it a law
> you have to eat only Chinese made food? My dietary habits are
> different, just like all the "foreigners" in MY country
> that refuse to eat local food, but opt for the more expensive
> IMPORTED food!

I never said you HAD to, but plenty of foreigners come here and I haven't had one die on me yet who has eaten local food.

> *This one is WAY too easy junior. You've convinced me, I'll stop
> buying a REAL newspaper and start ready the China Daily, maybe The
> National Inquirer or some edition published by Rupert Murdoch! And
> why? Because I want to be as informed as you!
> And yes you sarcastic little snot, I HAVE heard of the internet! Have
> YOU ever heard of time management and traveling to and from work on a
> commuter train?!

Junior, I like that. I also mentioned the 21st Century. That is well written and not like China Daily. It costs 2RMB.
So you don't have time to look at the internet at all? Seems like you have enough time to put in a rant with lots of assumptions.

> A moaning Yank? YOU sound like one of those Brits that suffers from
> "Lost Empire Syndrome". I have listened to and read
> comments by people of ALL nationalities complain about many aspects
> of living and working with-in the Chinese culture and system.

So have I. I wasn't talking about reading stuff off the net, I was talking about people who I have known and met.

> The reason it SEEMS that way is because WE have a population of
> nearly 300.000.000 and OUR accent is far easier for Chinese people to
> listen to and understand. So we "Yanks" are recruited FAR
> more. THAT is why there seems to be SOOOO many whiners here!

I know of far fewer Americans in China that other countries. Mainly because a lot of them can't handle anything outside the 'world' (I mean the US) and go home with their tails between their legs. There are lots of Canadians, Brits, Ozzies and Kiwis in this town. Very few, or no yanks. And about half of your much-vaunted population is now Spanish speaking.

Do your homework before shooting your mouth off laddy. Now, go and play on a ladder or something.