Sorry, I didn't mean to imply you were a liar. I'm just saying not all gusuk teachers were like that...beating children for not speaking English! My parents did hear tales from villagers about some of the previous teachers. For example, in Kaltag when we got there,  people were coming to the house to introduce themselves and my parents would invite them in for coffee and they would hesitate to cross the threshold.  Came to find out the previous teachers didn't want them coming in and sitting on their furniture, etc. My parents made sure they knew they were welcome in our house. Not all "white" teachers were bad.