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Default Do you make enough money in ESL as a career?

A strange spam thread enticed me to post this, but, ...

Do you feel you make enough money in ESl as a career?

I've had this discussion with many people before, but not here.

In Japan, teaching English is really seen as a temporary position. School boards hire teachers on year-to-year contracts and often with no raise for employees they keep on. Even most universities hire teachers on a year-to-year 4 year non-renewable contract.

I often feel like a mercenary.

I'm in a little different situation than the average teacher. I run my own school. Right now, it seems I can make a career out of teaching English here, but how about everybody else?
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