A selection of readers' views on "Don't blame JET for Japan's poor English" (Just Be Cause, Sept. 7) by Debito Arudou:

Sound and fury over English language instruction has popped up across these pages many, many times. There once was a time when I was optimistic that perhaps a groundswell of support might finally build, and a systematic overhaul of an educational process that is, at best, schizoid might begin. That time is no more.After several years teaching in the trenches of city, suburban and rural elementary schools and junior high schools, I have become convinced that things here, for the foreseeable future, are not going to change.

The JET program is flawed, burdened by too many chefs for its soup. the ALT program is an unmitigated disaster, an industry created for the purpose of avoiding dealing with workers, and avoiding as much responsibility concerning them as possible.