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A_Canadian_Teacher
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 Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:57 pm Post subject: A'takamul Anyone |
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| Anyone have any info on this school in Kuwait? |
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15yearsinQ8
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Bindair Dundat
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| Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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Oh gosh -- I worked with that "teacher-victim". She was one of the looniest of the loonies at KUFOM. Finally got herself thrown in jail. No surprise. |
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miski
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| Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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| I know this is old-but I;m catching up and haven't been in the cafe for quite some time...but OMG! I worked with her too.She was a COMPLETE nutter-started each day with about three tins of sugar filled coke and that was her off.....oh what happened her.I'm off to read that thread now!!! Can't wait!! |
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miski
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| Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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I just read the article- absolute drivel. I remember standing in her classroom one day as she read me a memo to the owners all filled with comlaints. She said she was 'going to get Kulaifi' ( the owner) , wasn't penniless as she had a Kuwaiti byfriend looking after her, used to pester me on the phone until I stopped answering.
If I remember correctly she was fired for being a) a crap teacher b) lippy and I think her previous contract at K Uni had been cut short or was not renewed- you see sometimes .....teacher do lie! ( Of course you'll all have to take my word for thisLOL )
BTW - I taught for 4 years in A'Takamul and it was fine-one of the only places where Arabic and Western staff had one staffroom and actually gelled. |
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sheikh radlinrol
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Miski's command of colloquial English is impressive for a Kuwaiti lady. I wonder where she picked it up. Probably not at the Berlitz school in Bneid al Gaar. |
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miski
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| Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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Kuwaiti/British- lol......
No but my first job in Q8 in July 1990 was in IE Bneid Al Qar |
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sheikh radlinrol
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| Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmmm. I guessed that. You're probably from Rochdale or Sheffield?
Seriously though, why do you refer to Kuwait as Q8? You're not the only one but I remember that the Kuwaitis pronounced the name of their homeland as KWAIT. BTW, I am very pedantic. |
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miski
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| Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| K8 Q8 Al Koot.......whatever. No neither Rchdale nor Sheffield- a little further west .....young man. |
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sheikh radlinrol
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| Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| miski wrote: |
| K8 Q8 Al Koot.......whatever. No neither Rchdale nor Sheffield- a little further west .....young man. |
You're a Liverpudlian, then? Nothing wrong with that but how do you pronounce KUWAIT when you speak Arabic? I'm trying to imagine SALMIYA with a scouse accent.
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miski
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| Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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No but you're getting warm, tho you would get cold before being completely hot.
'Koo-ayt' |
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sheikh radlinrol
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| Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Blackpool? |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 1:46 am Post subject: |
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| miski wrote: |
| If I remember correctly she was fired for being a) a crap teacher b) lippy and I think her previous contract at K Uni had been cut short or was not renewed- you see sometimes .....teacher do lie! ( Of course you'll all have to take my word for thisLOL ) |
Oh I think you are being much too kind this time.  I can confirm that she was "not renewed" at KU, which is just code for 'fired' for exactly the reasons you state.
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miski
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| Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 7:09 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks VS- but what what was the exact crime that landed her up in jail- how did she go from phone calling pestering loud mouthed mainac to jailbird??? |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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I only know what was in that report in the link above... as I was gone from Kuwait when it happened. I encountered it here and reading it made me laugh... remembering how it was all so predictable based on the short encounter that I had with her and the reports I got later from her fellow teachers at KU. The expat life does draw some truly eccentric people. (present company excluded, of course... )
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