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[Guy Courchesne]

Don't get me wrong...I'm not knocking HH, just describing the business model. Clearly it has been a successful business.

For R&D, you're reinforcing what I was saying. You say that HH has spent years and a lot of money on this process. To what end? To flatten out the supply line and save money on future R&D, by both offering someone else's well-known brand and offshoring the costs of program development to the supplier of that product. HH will no longer have to pump money and time into designing programs...that's what you pay Cambridge to do.

As for tacos, don't read too much into that. I said Taco Inn, not Taco Bell (and I happen to like Taco Inn). But the business model is the same. Like it or lump it, Taco Bell makes scads of money.

[gregd75]

Is EFL teaching still a good idea in Mexico? I think it depends on the teacher, and what they are looking for in their career.

I think that you can't just spend years and years doing the same thing i.e teaching classes and simply expect your pay, terms and general prospects to improve.

Teachers have a responsibility to their students to do the best they can, and they also have a responsibility to themselves to continue developing and learning. Teaching English is so dynamic. It's up to us to learn more, to find new methods, to engage our students even more- or maybe to try and engage those students that previously we simply let fall by the wayside.

If we develop our careers then the future for ourselves here in Mexico is very bright- and exciting.

I'll give you an example. Peru TESOL has an annual conference. They are always looking for new presenters to submit workshop ideas. If you're accepted, then they pay for your hotel, entrance to the conference and our food. All you need to do is submit an interesting proposal and pay for flights.

I think thats a great developmental opportunity. It's up to us to make EFL what we want it to be here in Mexico.

[mejms]

[TeresaLopez]

I haven't thought about opening a school, but I toyed with the idea of starting an institute and focusing on Business English, but at about the same time I started doing some supervising and presentations to business for the institute I work for part time and when I saw how much work it was it became a lot less attractive.

[TeresaLopez]

[Guy Courchesne]

[mejms]

Have any of you tried working together before?

[Guy Courchesne]

I covered a class for Phil once.

I've worked with a few others posting here, mostly on job connections.

[mejms]

But no one's ever teamed up to work together? I mean we all spend so much time posting here, talking about the pitfalls of so many schools around here. A lot of the posters here are professionals. We talk all the time. No one's tried working together?

[TeresaLopez]

Guy sent me a great teacher when we had a very "professional" one quit with one days notice...........

[Isla Guapa]

When I returned to Mexico three years ago, Guy hooked him up with a fellow Canadian who helped me find a private business class to teach.

[latif]

[Phil_K]

[mejms]

[Phil_K]