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Jetgirly · Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 741

I could be naive but the school doesn't seem poorly managed... I have definitely worked at places where I suspected my boss had a single-digit IQ before but I don't get that feeling here, and most of the teachers have been with the school for years. The method is definitely unusual and I wish I had more flexibility in terms of how I teach the grammar and even the vocab, but most of our students are repeat students, and they say they like all the speaking practice.

One thing that I find a little bit odd is the way we are theoretically supposed to spend the whole class talking, but then every x units there is a written test...

Hod · Joined: 28 Apr 2003 Posts: 1613 Location: Home

The original poster cunningly keeps her intended location secret. But, it�s Germany. It�s so very sad that these non-EU types cross the Atlantic at their own expense to live like refugees, denying their citizenship in some cases, just to live in that Holy Grail known as Europe. The following are quotes:

1. A school owner of a semi-decent school near Hamburg:

Boy Wonder · Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 453 Location: Clacton on sea

I suppose it depends on which country you choose re whether the school is organised or not.
Germans are renowned for their organisational capabilities and rightly so.
I wouldn't expect their brand of Inlinguaism to be anything but.

In the land of Pizza, Spaghetti ,Vespas and weekly transport strikes however it is probably an entirely different story.

Bad organisation combined with non existent admin/management to teacher communication makes for a very underwhelming working experience.

I have this morning learnt that one of my classes has been given to another teacher.
Who told me?

No-one! Shocked

How did I find out?
From seeing my student go into the class with another teacher! Evil or Very Mad

What these people know about man management and school management could be written on the back of a bus ticket!!

Hod · Joined: 28 Apr 2003 Posts: 1613 Location: Home

Boy Wonder · Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 453 Location: Clacton on sea

No need for post mortems on my teaching methods Hod.
I have impressed in every lesson observation i have ever undergone.
So no worries on that count but thanks for the recommendation.

Anyway I am not too perturbed about losing the class...I have a 35 hr
teaching week already.

It is the lack of communication and the disrespect shown to me by those supposedly 'running the school' that I am concerned with.

BTW Hod if you ever want some ideas on effective teaching just pop in and sit quietly in the corner of one of my classes.

You might learn something!

Hod · Joined: 28 Apr 2003 Posts: 1613 Location: Home

Boy Wonder · Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 453 Location: Clacton on sea

Please our boss!!!! Shocked

.........jesus.....most of us want to strangle him...slowly ....a joint effort!

if the pay and respect shown to us here were equal to the amount of tears shed in the staffroom we would be on par with the footballers of real Madrid!

something I've learnt from Inlingua is this...

1.never work for Inlingua
2.never ever work for Inlingua
3.not even if it's the last job left in TEFL ever work for Inlingua.

Hod · Joined: 28 Apr 2003 Posts: 1613 Location: Home

Sorry, this thread should die, but it's a good point.

Boy Wonder · Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 453 Location: Clacton on sea

Hod...if the boss is never around how can I be observed here?
I haven't been and probably won't be.
Another point is that it ain't only good teachers who don't hang around long at battery farms like Inlingua.
The bad ones don't stay long either.