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scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 2:30 pm Post subject: Sanity Certificate |
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Has anyone in KSA been asked to go to the local Government Hospital for a Psych Test ? Ijust heard of someone at a well-known public university who received this honour ! |
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veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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I find this funny on so many levels... I wonder what he did to set off this request.
Did he pass?
VS |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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Dear VS,
He's probably absolutely sane - which, in Saudi, would definitely make him weirdly abnormal.
Regards,
John |
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spiral78
Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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That's very interesting....immediately makes me wonder where I'd fall on the scale. I'd guess probably a bit on the 'wrong' side, whichever one that is!! |
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Kipling
Joined: 13 Mar 2009 Posts: 371 Location: ...Ah Mrs K peel me a grape!!!....and have one yourself!!!!
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 2:31 am Post subject: Turkeys for Christmas |
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You should definitely check your contract because, as everyone knows, there ain't no Sanity Clause in the KSA
Dr K |
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wantok
Joined: 05 Jul 2012 Posts: 168
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now in ksa
Joined: 20 Mar 2012 Posts: 35 Location: KSA
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:23 pm Post subject: |
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We have psych tests now as part of the recruitment process after a few ppl went a bit loopy |
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veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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Who is "we"? They haven't been reported here before.
Did you pass?
VS |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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Dear VS,
"Did you pass? "
If he/she is there, he/she must have failed. For, as we all know, you HAVE TO be crazy to go there.
Regards,
John |
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trapezius
Joined: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 1670 Location: Land of Culture of Death & Destruction
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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So the psych tests are to keep the sane ones out?! Because we all know, if the sane ones are let in, they might try to introduce the locals to some 'haram' things, such as order, discipline, and work ethic! |
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now in ksa
Joined: 20 Mar 2012 Posts: 35 Location: KSA
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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veiledsentiments wrote: |
Who is "we"? They haven't been reported here before.
Did you pass?
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They were brought in after I got the job JECPT |
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lcanupp1964
Joined: 12 Dec 2009 Posts: 381
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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When I went into the JET program in Japan (1991), I had to submit an official statement in my application package written by a psychologist. I was interviewed and given a stress test along with other mental health questionnaires. I passed.
Perhaps the staff at the instructor�s school wants an evaluation in order to �stack the deck� in order to try and get rid of him/her??? Why else do it AFTER the person is here? Just a crazy guess on my part. |
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veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:11 am Post subject: |
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lcanupp1964 wrote: |
Why else do it AFTER the person is here? Just a crazy guess on my part. |
Perhaps the person did something that suggested to his employers that there might be a problem?
VS |
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cmp45
Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 1475 Location: KSA
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 5:16 am Post subject: |
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It would be interesting to compare pre and post KSA.
I think some people lack the ability to censor themselves in different situations...hence this type of test may be of value to weed out those folks that are unable to adjust to different cultural norms. |
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scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
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Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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The poor sod DID have a problem. He sought psychiatric help, was taken off teaching and left KSA a few months later "exit only". No benefits despite having been in KSA for some years. |
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