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[Super Mario]

Having just succeeded in having another thread locked [view Ningbo EF thread], could Roger and Millie please brawl via PM, rather than in public.
But PM's don't count as posts, do they.

[clark.w.griswald]

I have to agree.

I am not sure what their history is, but surely posts that are not relevant to the topic thread and so personal in nature should just be deleted from the board rather than being allowed to derail legitimate discussions. I can't see that the exchanges between those two add anything to this board and as such they should either be taken to PM or just removed completely from the board. (Not the people, just their posts!)

Roger does offer a lot on this board and keeps things lively.

I haven't seen much from Millie though, except for following Roger around the board and making personal slights against him. Maybe Millie should concentrate more on posting information that might help others, rather than attacking others!

[Super Mario]

A quick spin through the archives shows Roger as the final poster on 3 out of the last 5 "locked" threads on the two China forums, and penultimate poster on another.
Why?
But relax folks: he ain't goin' nowhere, to slightly misquote Bob Dylan.

[Brian Caulfield]

I like em both . Millie has PMed me many kind words when I was down about my job . Chill Mario you'll be able to read your posting when Roger publishes his book. He'll probably dedicate a chapter to you along with Old Dog .

[millie]

Hello Super Mario Clark W, Brian and anyone else who is reading,

Clark suggests that Roger posts useful information and among his prolific number of posts he certainly does.
I often agree with what he says and would support his observations.
I know that he does help people too. Wonderful, really.

Unfortunately among that prolific corpus is a very significant amount of �information� which purports to be genuine but which is cobbled together from guidebooks, internet searches and maps or other such second had sources. Just imaginings and fantasy. His posts about the weather Harbin and Russian visas in Shenyang are recent examples.

Next, we often get a swathe of text from Roger about how wonderfully well loved and what a successful teacher he is, even a lady�s man too. Given the above scenario, it does make you wonder more than a little about what the underlying reality is. I have not commented on these posts but it seems to me that Roger has a certain undeniable proclivity for self-promotion.

In an extensive post about his qualifications Roger told us about his high school education and his one undergraduate degree. Later, much much later, he �remembered� he had a �TESOL� too.
In light of the former trait, I found this more than curious�

Roger attempts to suggest that he is a native speaker. I agreed that is not essential as a teacher of English but at least let�s be honest about it.

I later made the point that I need to trust teachers at both a personal and professional level.
You may not think that�s important. You may also take at face value everyhting that Roger suggests as untainted fact and direct experience.
My purpose was to suggest to others on this board that all that glitters in not gold.

Anyway, Super Mario, you are right of course and I do have more worthwhile things to do.
Thank you and I shall not have anything more to say in this vein.

Cheers
M

[Super Mario]

[Roger]

[ich bin ein laowai]

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