P.S  I was fired after this incident

Rules are Rules

It does not matter what job you do , if you miss use that trust there are consequences

I am sure it would have been quite clearly stated in your contract that you read and signed

prior to taking up the position

you are lucky that you didn't' end up in more than a unemployment line

i'm not gonna comment on your story. doesn't seem to make sense to me. 

but at the age i'm at with the experience i have, love does not control my life. actually "falling in love" seems like a silly concept to me, i control my feelings, my feelings do not control me. 

now i have had students that i thought if they offered i would kiss this job goodbye. 

i never chase my students that to me is the ultimate betrayal of trust, and it is not a good thing to do for yourself. too much potential for drama.

there is nothing worse than an ex that you have to see everyday.

This sounds like yet another made up story to show that foreigners only come to China to work illegally and chase young girls.

It is a new account on eChinacities. He/she claims to be 18, so obviously no degree. He/she was annoying the girl for two months to get her qq, even when she wouldn't give it. Then the school saved the poor girl from the bad foreigner by firing him/her. And he/she intends to do it again. Definitely sounds like a story to make foreigners look bad. Either way, quite pathetic.

Yup, pathetic for sure. A planted story and nothing more. Sad.

Border-line retarded story. The rules are look but don't touch. 

Agree with Crimo.

Too bad 3 downvotes won't collapse the original question on the main listing page.

Assuming that this story is true and not made up for ulterior reasons as traveler suggests, I'd say that it's totally natural that an 18 year old could become interested in a 17 year old.....which is exactly why an 18 year old should not be teaching in the first place. At 18, your legally an adult, but most are still kids emotionally who don't know how to keep it in their pants and be professional.

Also, I'd like to point out that the issue of teachers becoming romantically involved in students is not just a foreigner-young Chinese girl issue, but an issue in every country/culture. Teachers are often in a unique position to greatly influence their students, and sometimes (sadly, mostly with male teachers), this awe/respect for authority turn into "feelings", either one way or shared. If this happens, and you wish to not look like a huge scumbag/perv, your best bet is to not engage in ANY sort of romantic relationship with the person until after they are your student (and preferably they're not underage, eh?). Still comes off a bit weird to people, but at least it's not a breach of professional ethics.

Anyone here date/marry a former student?

18 year old... employed at a high school... and also teaching uni students...

Yeah, of course this is a true story.......

(presuming, of course, that this person is saying they're a native English speaker... which 'he' obviously isn't... use a typical Chinglish phrase of "have you ever fell in love" - using past tense on the verb, when the auxilliary actually does that job (ie, verb should be in base form).