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I agree with the sentiment - to many foreigners, teaching English overseas is just a cushy holiday job...

But I think the onus is on the school to ensure that they provide quality education.

Many schools are set up by opportunistic entrepeneurs who have no interest in English per se, but see it as an opportunity to get a slice of the pie. They (the directors) may have no educational training, speak little English, have no interest in foreigners.

They may hire staff further down the line with English abilities and interests but if management doesn't have QUALITY ENGLISH EDUCATION as their main goal, how can they expect their staff to ? Management wants more money, so they push for more enrolments and larger class numbers... They often place very little emphasis on an increase in educational quality as this is more likely to cost more money in the short term.

These businesses are very common. Teachers in these schools can often recognise the lack of quality and may take advantage of the apathy of management, and in doing so, take advantage of the students and their parents by providing substandard teaching.

If you're in this kind of company, there's very little you can do to improve matters, except to do what YOU think is right and provide the best service YOU can. If your company isn't providing you with resources and isn't helping you to provide quality education... maybe it's time to look around for something better, just so that you can be proud of what you're doing.