Thailand needs us dirty people there to be teaching English, because the Thais sure as Hell can't.
My neighbour, a student in her teens, had befriended me years ago hoping to get some English practice.
I agreed to help and met the parents. We would meet at a quiet market in the village for lunch and tuition. She presented me with something she had struggled with, to which I first replied: "Have you asked your teacher at school?"
Her reply, frowning, shoulders dropped in dismay: "My teacher only said >> Go and look for it on Youtube. << "
Three 'English teachers' I have met in my province could not hold even the most basic conversation in English. I always need to use Google Translate to communicate with them.
(I have been teaching English in Norway and Australia, and then a small Buddhist temple school in Thailand. Now tutoring English while stranded in the Philippines.)
I don't often resort to crude speech, but in this case, hhmm ..maybe it is appropriate. The standard of primary and secondary education in Thailand .... sucks. ????
By the way, my student is now studying psychology at a university in Bangkok and is keen to further her studies abroad. We continue our contact via Skype and Messenger. (I don't charge for my tuition anywhere.)