> but here's a message to employers: take a look at reality before being
> too demanding. You want expert professionals? Pay better and they'll
> come. Until then, don't complain.

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RIGHT ON, Bret!

I also hate to appear capitalistic, but, there it is, the here and now of life ANYWHERE in the world today: If you ain't got the money, Honey, you might as well abdicate from the whole scenario! I cannot, for the life of me, fathom WHY English teachers on the international scene have generally been placed on a comparatively low end of the pay scale. After all, those of us who have demonstrable experience and degrees are TRULY foreign "specialists," and deserve to be treated as such ... and, by that, I do not mean a salary which is only "enough to get along on" according to LOCAL cost-of-living standards!" OF COURSE, we want to travel and spread culture, but I agree with you in that we should be PAID as "experts!" In the final analysis, I never heard of a smile and a pat on the back ever paying anyone's bills! Amen.

The Arrogant One