Do let's keep in mind that Choatle would find it very difficult to get hired by a reputable university and/or college; therefore, his observations are based solely on his experience with private institutions. Said institutions are staffed mainly by backpack teachers, non-degree holders and misfits who are not qualified to teach elsewhere. When they do manage to find a legitimate position, it's only because they've fallen through the cracks and only managed to stay employed until they're proven by their incompetence in the classroom to be the charlatans that they really are, or when the PSB discovers that they've pulled the wool over the eyes of administrators who's need to satisfy the growing demands for English teachers causes them to temporarily ignore their lack of qualifications.

One needs only examine Choatle's inability to use the simplest of English to realize the truth of the above and that the only, perhaps, suitable employment for her in China is as an Oral English teacher in a pretend English school. Can you imagine her teaching writing at a university? Please.

As for my own self esteem, Choatle, I will measure it by the feedback I get from students and administrators and by the ever increasing amount of responsibilities and pay given me as recognition of my conscientiousness as a teacher and guide to the students at our college. Let your imagination run wild as you cast your dispersions on myself and others; perhaps it somehow diminishes the painful awareness you must deal with as your own incompetence grows more and more obvious to yourself and those around you.