Awwww, c'mon you people! This is a forum where people are allowed to express their own impressions and opinions about their experiences. Personal axes to grind shouldn't enter into it.
Remember that one mans trash is another mans treasure! We've probably all had similar experiences such as Hemingway has illustrated and we can certainly identify some schools that are run by some absolute ratbags. We can certainly warn other prospective foreign teachers, but at the end of the day, we're all free to make our own choices. All these personal jibes get people nowhere and it shows how small minded some folks are. China is a dichotomy, a paradox and also a wonderful place depending on what you make of it. Obviously, Hemingway had a bad time where he was.
I've had a bad time in Jilin, but don't knock Jilin as a place...except in winter where it's just too damn cold! I'm in Hunan now, the school isn't great so I'm looking in Guangzhou and Shenzhen so I can be nearer to my soon to be Chinese wife. I won't knock this school though, or this city although the school is run by people who don't care for us, and the city isn't a good one for lao wai to work in, but so what! This is China, whaddaya expect huh?
Take care folks!
