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[Sashadroogie]

I fear you may be right : ) But I was never interested in those types of jobs. They aren't really teaching jobs at all, in the main. And too short-term. (Why did you leave again? Was it really a better job offer elsewhere? Yet you want to return to Russia, or did until recently...)

A degree in education is laregly irrelevant to what I do. Just as a cert from Montesorri would be. A Celta is minimum entry standard, and largely irrelevant to teaching individual young learners of English. Do you really have a Celta? And not know what C2 level means? As it happens I do have a degree in the plastic arts, but that is really not important to anything. Though it should be added that the students of fundemental sciences that I teach seem to think it is interesting.

They are some really good students. Have you ever taught students like that? EAP students? Helping them with academic writing, I mean. PhD theses with all sorts of scary sounding titles about mathematical modeling methods for satellite and missile trajectories. If you are interested, I could put in a word for you. But I'm not sure a basic Celta and a singing and dancing routine would count as highly-qualified with them...Sorry. Still, you never know!

[Sashadroogie]

Hee hee! Scotland is part of the UK. For better or worse, lassie.

Now, what was that we said about assumptions again...? : )

[GotoRussia]

Hey why are you so curious about my qualifications? I already told you what I have, can't help it if you don't believe me.

And why are you so interested about my return to Russia? With a wife and kids shouldn't you be spending more time with them than on an ESL forum?

Why would I ever teach PhD candidates when I make much more watching English cartoons and playing football with kids?

It's much more fun swimming in their private villa overlooking the Med Sea, eating gourmet foods from a private chef, enjoying my 5 star hotel room and room service, jetting off to Europe in charter planes, being chauffeured in a luxury Mercedes all because I can speak English to the children.

All expenses paid plus a healthy salary. As I said, I wish I could help you out but you've passed the age limit and you seem to be lacking the requisite qualifications.

How's your Russian? If it's fluent they could be looking for porters acting as a go-between.

Tough life I know, but hey, someone's gotta do it!

[GotoRussia]

Not being from the UK, I really have no interest if they are all united or independent.

Again, what city and country are you from? Why so secretive, are you ashamed of your roots?

I've told you plainly where I am from. Sad you can't be proud of your heritage.

[Sashadroogie]

Helping PhD students is actually very well-paid if you are connected to the right place. But I thought we were talking about quals here, not earnings.

In any case, if people are happy in a gilded cage, working as a glorified menial, then good luck to them. For as long as they can hold down the job. But there are those of us who actually take satisfaction from really helping smart students achieve their goals. The financial gain, though generous, isn't the only motivation for this type of work. And it is work, my dear, with some fair high-stakes involved. Surely someone with a degree in education can see that? No? Oh, well, OK then..,

[Sashadroogie]

I'm an internationalist. I don't cling to parochial concepts or nationalistic nonsense. All delusions, jingoism, and semi-fascist, carefully fostered by the Piggies. I'm afraid to say this seems to be somewhat of a point of divergence here : ) "My country right or wrong!" eh? : )

If you read with close attention my previous backlog of posts, as you try to glean more info to 'weaponise', you'll see that. And learn a lot about dialectical materialism and even about EFL.

Enjoy!

[GotoRussia]

Funny how you make assumptions about my working career when all I've told you is I worked for a few Russian families.

You don't have a clue what I've been doing since I've graduated.

Pretty sure you haven't been teaching PhD students exclusively.

Weren't you inquiring about BKC in Zelenograd not too long ago?

Really high stakes work there I tell ya. With your qualifications in linguistics that the best you could do starting out?

[GotoRussia]

No, all I read from your previous posts was that you seem to lack social etiquette and don't endear yourself to many members on this forum.

I dare imagine how you are in real life and how your friend and family react.

With your slavic devotion to Russia one wonders if you haven't been brainwashed by the herd. You got a bit of reverse jingoism, renouncing all ties with your birth place and fostering loyalty to your "new" country.

hey whatever works for you man, it's your life. Maybe you had a bad childhood and just want to cut all ties with your past. I can understand that.

[GotoRussia]