I have never had the opportunity to have a look into any of the schools here. However, over the past several months I have read the advertisements and the condolence messages in the Gulf Times of some schools which boast of having native English speakers on their rolls as teaching staff. The English in the ads was simply pathetic. Just recently, one such school had a condolence message in the Gulf Times which stated "deeply mourn the sad passing of their student"! "Passing" or "passing away?" Surely, there is a difference. Surely, there is a big difference! Such ads speak much about the quality of education at these institutions.