A friend of mine who graduated from university around the time JC played football for Jerusalem United, is now teaching at a university in China. Fair play to him, he completed a 240-hour advanced diploma in TESOL, but what he can remember about his university days could probably be written on the back of a postage stamp. This guy would rather teach in a uni for 6K a month than in a high school for twice that. Why? Who cares why?

Conversely, one of the best kindergarten teachers I have ever met has just been forced to go back to the UK. His only 'qualification' was that he's NES; his spelling is atrocious and he thinks 'grammar' is married to grandad. Yet if you saw this person in a kindy classroom full of 'littlies', then you'd be amazed. Kids loved him and he was superb!

But who 'teaches' in a kindy? Flash cards, songs and simple PPT's are all that's required. There's no 'academia', no homework, no assignments....
This guy would be well out of his depth in a primary school, let alone a uni, but he taught in China for 7 years and was extremely well-liked and successful at what he did.

My university-teacher friend would also be well out of his depth in a kindy. So what's the point here? Each to their own, I guess.

Dancing monkeys/deechers belong in scummy training centres, children's entertainers belong in kindergartens, and those of us with the required credentials that the government now want, wouldn't be seen dead in either.

Putting a law into place that requires us all the be 'pigeon-holed' in some little box somewhere is only going to increase corruption and law-breaking in China. At least that's how I see it!