I mentioned that there are 4 bogus credentials that I know of held by foreign teachers in my past 4 employers. I don't see how that cannot be construed as a problem with the vetting of foreign teachers. Although I do often belabor the obvious, in this instance I did not.

Elementary schools in the U.S. are notorious for hiring maintenance staff who have prior sex-offender status. I would not suggest pedophile employees who managed to dupe the school administration with bogus resumes shouldn't "shoulder all of the blame" for obtaining a job working with children. In my view, personal responsibility for illegal and/or immoral behavior is not mitigated by institutional incompetence.

China doesn't need or want me to apologize for it. Neither does the U.S. I love the people of both countries and I despise a variety of political chicanery and aggressive international behavior of both governments. The distinction in my on-line and personal communication about both countries is my lifetime of participation and observation of the U.S. as a citizen and my brief experience living in China handicapped by my relative ignorance of Chinese culture and society due to my horrendous Chinese language abilities and my puerile U.S. education.

I don't often engage in conversations in this forum. I do thank you for your thoughts and insight on the Ozzie situation. It's a rare pleasure to have a reasonable and informed interaction here. I recognize that it is quite possible that the 'American' involved in the Ozzie event is a violent, equally non-credentialed rascal.

I thank you for an excellent response. I hope that those who would dismiss your postings in a very rude manner take note. I've had posters reply to my posts with a single word, "rubbish". Despite this I have pursued my argument further because I have known I was in the right. I received no apologies or counter arguments. Still, what can you do? At the end of the day, the truth is still the truth.