My first 6 months teaching in a rich primary school left me ready to pack it up and go, too. Then I found an outlet. You definitely need an outlet when you teach ESL. I love to dance, so I just started going to the local foreign bar on the weekends. I could release all the frustrations of the week. It helped me get through the classes without murdering the spoiled little brats, plus I could commisserate with other ESL teachers. I also started trying the STAR method. Step back, Take a deep breath, And Relax. I would tell myself to be a duck and let their bad behavior that day roll off my back like water, and start class anew tomorrow. It doesn't work everyday, but it helps. I also try to remember that my students spend almost 10 hours a day at a desk, so they are bound to be a bit of a discipline problem with me. I don't hit, push, kick, nor berate them to the point of crying like their classroom teachers do. I am the "fun teacher," as one junior one student put it to one of my colleagues. I try to take that into consideration when I have problems with them. I've come to love these kids, even the ones who are constant behavior problems in the classroom. I'm staying with them for a third year as they go into grade four. Don't give up on teaching ESL just because the behavior of the students at one school is atrocious. Ive heard high school kids are horrible in many places. There are better classrooms out there and they can make teaching the joy it should be.