Shame, it seems, is a scar - like a second buttcrack.

In a scene reminiscent of George Costanza pushing small children out of the way to escape a burning apartment, we have Fan Meizhong, who realized - once he had already reached safety - that he was the first one out of a building being rocked by an earthquake. Except, it wasn’t just a building – it was a school. Full of 10 year old school children. Stuck in an earthquake. You know, the one that killed 90,000 people?

To make matters worse, Fan Meizhong wasn't just some janitor or gym teacher or some other guy you wouldn't expect to act the hero. No, he was a teacher when he bolted past those kids to a soccer field for safety. But hey, where in his job description does it say anything about saving children? He was just following orders - teach the children, teach the children, teach the children...


I'm a teacher, dammit, not a fireman! What do I know about saving kids?

So naturally Fan posted the story on his blog a few days later and suddenly found himself labeled China’s “biggest coward”. Surprising, I know. He posted that he didn’t regret his decision, and that he, in effect, would’ve stepped over his own mother to get out of that school alive.

But, he adds, he would’ve “sacrificed himself” for his baby daughter. Aw, that’s sweet!