i myself do not recommend CDI.
getting screwed over by Chung Dahm Institute was a blessing in disquise.
i got 2 months paid vacation, work with great co-workers, great students teaching just 3 to 4 hours a day.
having graduated at the top of my class, from a top tier university, taught esl for 4 years, i do not consider myself a bad teacher. as a matter of fact, my bosses tell me that i am the best foreign teacher they have ever hired.
a fecht has actually shot himself in the foot."The fact of the matter is that by nature ESL teachers are just not that professional...if they were, they wouldn't be teaching int he first place..." he says. does he not also say that he himself is an esl teacher in korea? only fools complain, he quotes, and yet what is he doing himself?
in fairness, i don't think cdi is out to undermine people's livelihood, but they do need to get their act together with better managers and policy makers.