[Nathan]

To be fair, the "must have a degree" rules only recently started coming into play when they started getting too many people who had no idea how to teach come over. Obviously those people didn't stick around very long.

I think having a degree now also shows them you are willing to dedicate yourself to something for an extended period of time. Which is good to know, since a lot of people that go to the Asias to teach English tend not to even stick out for the 1 year contracts.