I also know Bob and he's a friend of mine. He will defend himself if he feels he has to but, I think he's already shown that yet again, a bunch of bitter saddo's live in this forum.

As an ESL teacher myself I am fully aware of my job requirements, despite the BS the chinese school owners would have me believe. ESL schools are a bookshop, nothing more. It's all about selling books. Us (low lives) as you call it do a job here, nothing more. Some of you are no doubt retired (against your will) or should have been "put out to pasture" a long time ago...Sadly, we have the internet so some of you bitter old lonely buggers have a platform to troll on message boards on a daily basis. I wish you well, I wish you would find another outlet for your frustration.

Most of us are not English teachers, we just speak the language and play games with the kids and do the whole "white dancing monkey role" that pleases the kids and parents. I don't feel bad about my job at all, or what I do. How would you suggest I teach the word banana differently? My job is to make them say the word 50 plus times a lesson which I do, through games and the kids have fun doing so.

We're ESL teachers, we're not here to redo anything or change anything, just keep the kids happy so the parents buy another book. In terms of "proper education" that's not a job i'm qualified to do. I'm not teaching A level English to English people though am I! I'm playing games with kids and they learn English at the same time. What's the problem?

I sleep very well at at night, I earn a decent wage, have a free home and minimal bils so i'm doing very well thankyou. Did I mention I work weekends and have two nightclasses a week? ha ha I have lots of freetime and my only priority is trying to get a similar contract in another city next time.

Sorry if that boils your piss ha ha

p.s. for any future teachers looking to join SHANE, don't sign a 25 teaching hour contract, it's despicable. Also, publich holidays, they don't exist for private language mills. I only have to get up early 2 days a week. I have 4 office hours in the afternoon on a Friday, I hang out with the TA's so it's easy money.
That's why people like me and Bob have stuck it out. Because in the end, it's a comfortable life once you get past the 1st year.