I found this great though somewhat biased interview of what one recent Korean grad student thinks of NET's and this Korean Times opinion piece on the value of NET's written, or conducted by native English teachers in Korea and I thought that is basically sums up how I feel in a link (or two).
Interesting reading for anyone here. I also think that the amount of protest both have received shows just what a nerve (and how true) they are. While I'd also blame Korean hiring policies (a 24 year old girl will be a "better teacher" because she is more fun, even though her degree is in Theatre Studies and she doesn't know what a verb is) I think the fact is that this is largely true. I summarized my opinions in detail here and so don't need to do it again.
Either way, good reads.
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