BTW, to the OP, I wouldn't trust a damn thing WX Guru is saying. I have a few friends that worked at TransPac, one currently does, and they all seem to like it. It is what you make of it. From the stories he's been saying, it's a CFI problem, not a student problem. I've been a 5 year CFI, and have a gold seal... I've signed off PLENTY of chinese students, and all of them can speak fine (when I'm done with them), and a few I've sent home and made them buy Rosetta Stone, I'm not kidding. If you care, and actually WANT your students to succeed, then you'll be just fine. If you're burnt out, and are ****ed off you're not in a "crappy regional" yet then you'll make posts like WX Guru.