For those that teach Eikaiwas or other types of English classes outside of public/private schools, what are your student’s opinions of their school’s English classes compared to what you teach?

Almost all our students in elementary schools when we ask say that the Eikaiwa lessons are more difficult while the school classes are really easy.

Normally, around junior high level our students tend to quit as they have far less free time, but my business partner has started to teach supplemental grammar in Japanese to help them for both their classes and Eiken tests. Most of our students from our Eikawa have an easier time as they have an intuitive understanding of the grammar, but now just have to learn the Japanese explanation of it. Still, I think it's fair to say the school English classes are harder due to what's expected.

What are your personal experiences when you ask your students about their school classes or when you look at what they have to do for English study?