07-16-2009, 03:22 AM
ham Wrote:Much as with Thomas Chip White (owner of degreeinfo), their real 'expertise' may differ: he's a gay teen pornographer and not a 'distance education authority'...hell, Chip White got no university degree soever.
Why would you waste your time online pillow fighting with those people?
Well, Ham, it depends. Mostly, it is not really worthwhile, and I have heard a lot of advice like that in the respect in the past days. But I feel I can`t let such things ride without a response when I am falsely accused.
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Let me add some more input on the gay porn topic. I have lived and worked in China for quite a long time. I have seen things changing in China rapidly and radically. China has a huge labour market for foreign teachers of English As A Second Language. Like in Thailand and Korea, a lot of different kinds of foreign folks apply for and then find a job at a school. Some of them are sincere and well-intentioned, others have their own hidden agenda. One of them with a hidden agenda was an American guy from Kansas by the name of Kevin working as a DOS at Suzhou School of Foreign Languages (a Chinese-run private school in Jiangxi province). This Kevin guy had an intimate relationship with the male school owner, a married Chinese man. What`s worse, he also had the same kind of relationships with his male school students of minor age. People who wanted to report him to the police never really succeeded because of the good relationships the school owner maintained with the police (bribe). That`s China, you know.... They covered all this up.
What I see is that there are certain foreigners coming to work in a country like China with a totally unprofessional and unethical behaviour as teachers. The foreigners are considered "rich" by native standards, and they exploit poor and innocent children sexually because they have got the money to buy everything. This kind of "sexual exploitation" of native women, children - both male and female - in my opinion is a new kind of "colonialism" that I originally thought had long gone. I must say I feel very bitter about it. Child molesters and porns are not only disgusting but also unacceptable and should be brought to full justice - even in China! There are some people working on that Kevin guy and his likes.
BTW, academics and standards at Chinese unis would be a really interesting topic. Bill Grover might be delighted to learn about the options for a doctorate there if Chinese state-run unis would provide for Theology degrees. In other words, Chinese unis are a real joke!