Evening all, current Wall Street employee here.

I can understand some worries that people brought up about Wall Street but I'd like to clarify some points for everyone.

Wall Street is expensive, but it's not aimed at kids. 99% of students are professionals. We have an extreme minority of high school kids, a slightly larger percentage are university students. 95% seem to be businessmen including some high ranking government officials. We also deal with a lot of corporate contracts from businesses.

Wall Street is not a Chinese school. It was founded in Italy in the 1970s. Italy has over 100 centers. Europe is still the big market but China is the fastest growing. Pearson plans to open a further 50 centers in provincial cities in China over the next ten years.

Pearson Plc. bought Wall Street English last year and this year they bought Wall Street International; the global franchise which uses exactly the same system.

The teaching method does leave some room for improvement but I've found it to be effective if the student remains motivated, which is one of the responsibilities of the teachers.

Students ideally should have two 55 minute lessons with a native teacher every month, accompanied with two complimentary classes and two social club classes. This is after completing approximately 6 hours of computer lessons before they do one class.

Class sizes depend on the type of class. Up to 4 students for a regular class, up to 8 for a complimentary class and up to 12 for a social club.

The regular classes, complimentary classes and computer lessons are centrally produced by Wall Street headquarters in Baltimore, and since the Pearson buyout is going to be updated. All social clubs and English Corners (which are open to all Wall Street students in the area) are prepared by the native teachers.

I'm ain't no mug. CELTA, 6 years of experience in 3 different countries, and I've found Wall Street to be a professionally run outfit with an effective way of teaching.

I welcome your opinions or further questions.