This sort of detailed, lively exchange about various ESL recruiters and international schools makes this board very useful for ESL teachers. Thank you for hosting it.

The following discussion, even with the too-personal attacks, also further illuminates the advantages, costs, and risks of teaching in language schools. How does one know how to evaluate offers? It's not a simple question without personal contacts.

Regulation, as we are seeing in the current Wall Street crisis, is not always a bad thing. This sort of school vs teacher vs recruiter controversy reveals the real meaning of accreditation in this wild, wild unregulated field.