I have met plenty of teachers that have had a positive experience as well, most of them would not post on this site for fear of being called a goon or a GW or whatever other clever name you use to beat people down with.
I am suggesting you and your ilk are worthless and outdated, the type of people that complain and whine while not even in the loop. Your claim that you talk to people still working at training centres serves to validate your argument yet I have to wonder if all training are crap why would they still be here. Your message that training centres are crap has been on this site for years. I guess those people you talk to feel your opinion is worthless and outdated as well.
You obviously have not kept in touch with the situation or maybe just kept in touch with the people who really do not like living and working here. If you were aware of the situation maybe you would be less vehement about not coming to China to work.
I am not saying foreigners do not get the shaft here but what I am saying is that it is happening with less frequency. As for foreigners getting the shaft I believe that would be a worldwide happening. Unless of course I misheard about the Chinese experience in Australia.
Keep telling yourself you are aware of the situation here if that makes you feel better, far be it from me to teach an old dog new tricks.
As for being selfish, stuckup, brainwashed and a stooge I really have not said anything that would give a rational human being that impression. Since I do not agree with your assessment of the state of affairs in regards to training schools my guess is your only recourse is to call me names. That obviously proves you are right and I am wrong. Kudos to you sir for revealing your lack of intelligence or ability to formulate a thought on this post.
Again if you want clear examples of why schools such as York are good places to work you merely need to read what their teachers have written. I have no need to repeat what they have said to someone like you who obviously has their old man blinders on.
If you really wanted to help the ESL industry and prevent new teachers from making the mistakes you made , might I suggest you stop writing about the past or at least come back here and do more research which will leave you better informed than you actually are.
As for the glowing posts about universities i am sure you will find many teachers that have had horrible experiences. The universities operate similar to the training schools wanting to make money. a major difference though is that at a training school such as York the class size has 60 plus students. York I believe has a maximum of 15. Aside from giving lectures at university where many of them do not have a curriculum and leave it up to the teacher there is not a whole lot of teaching going on. If anything the universities, high schools and elementary schools want a foreign monkey to entertain the students and have such stimulating discussions like "movies which one do you like" or "how to order food". If you were here you might be familiar with the thousands of university students who have passed their English exams yet cannot put a coherent thought together to save their lives. I have personally met 6 year old who are better at speaking English than most university students, and those children learned it at a training school. Look at the playway to English program as just an example of what these children are learning.
I believe what I say because I know it to be true, I live here, work here and experience it daily. The same can not be said about you. why would anyone with any modicum of intelligence listen to someone who has admitted they are not even in the country?