That word is very alianating to ME because I don't relate to them. Actually I'm just a common English teacher.
So you and your friends graduated from excellent big name private highschool, didn't you? You guys are probably smart enough to lead the state. I would like to ask you what you think about English as a compulsory school subject. Since you will be a leader of this nation one of these days, I wonder what you think. There are a lot MORE public schools than private schools and most of the students there are not so smart except for a limited number of top schools.
Do you think English should be taught to everyone? Or do you think only elite students like yourselves should learn it? And if you say everyone should learn it, then do you think the level of English taught there should be very fundamental?
Learning a second language is important in many ways. One important aspect is to develop a meta-knowledge of your own language. That alone is good enough to make a foreign language (not just English) mandatory at the secondary level onwards.
Let's make a fool of ourselves together by speaking strange English. Actually communication is fun whether it's done in Japanese or in a foreign language.
Yeah! Let's just use it because it's the best way to improve it and feel comfortable in using it.
Teachers' job is to encourage their students to use it. When you understand what your students are trying to say, you'll keep saying, "Excellent. Very good. Superb. Great."
Oh, you are here, Mineko. I wonder if you are a public school teacher or a private school teacher. You said in your workforce there are English teachers who are returnees, or who have got very high scores for TOEIC, etc.
I'm an ordinary (average) public school teacher. There aren't any returnee teachers or anyone with high scores in my workplace.
I think that English teachers in private school usually have higher English skills.