Oh, Chris, I am with you again. Unqualified newbies surely should apply at EF, especially western high school dropouts, laid off postmen, hard working taxi drivers or delinquents that have only peaked into their own classrooms a few times. Moreover, I'd expand on your suggestion that they all should look good and young enough in order to satisfy the local cliental.

A word of warning to all interested, which Chris has not mentioned or noticed yet, is that do not buy into the whole franchise concept, because it is a disintegrated, decentralized laundry machine only. The few that the franchisors own are supposed to be exemplary to many EF renegades on mainland.

On the end, do not mind the rats, if there are any. Pay attention to where your effort goes and where you will end up one day. EF Directors of Studies come and go as well as their Academic Operation Managers in Shanghai. The few that stay longer are often some shady characters, you shouldn't put your two cents on. References don't come easy and you may end up as a newbie for a rather long time. Remember that locals do not practice a pro evaluation or referencing.

Cheers and beers