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amandamc
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 Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:27 pm Post subject: Information on Nicaragua |
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I was wondering if anybody had any information on the above?
I would love to go and teach in Nicaragua, but am not sure about visa requirements or in fact if there is any sort of gap in the market for an experienced teacher like myself to fill? Has anybody heard of people teaching there as it does seem like a country that has been forgottne in Central America?
I would be greatful for any help I could get on this matter. |
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MixtecaMike
Joined: 19 Nov 2003
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Location: Guatebad
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 1:56 am Post subject: Re: Information on Nicaragua |
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| amandamc wrote: |
| ... it does seem like a country that has been forgotten in Central America? |
Some things are better forgotten...
About six years ago I left my family in Guatemala and travelled down to Nicaragua for a better paying job. Maybe because I missed the family, but I basically got to Managua, stayed two day, then couldn't leave fast enough. Speaking to a couple of people there they told me they suffered under the dictatorship, suffered under the Sandinistas, suffered under the US imposed Violeta, all of which were horribly corrupt (the right-wingers) or horribly incompetent (the other side). The country was in ruins from Hurricane Mitch, and this was probably a year and a half after it passed through, and from the big earthquake that was in the 1970s if I'm not mistaken.
It certainly was no socialist bastion, which I was expecting. There were some Sandinista support groups I saw, but they looked more like homeless shelters than political organizations.
And looking at the governments they have had since then (Aleman) I doubt things have improved very much. |
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moonraven
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:14 am Post subject: |
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Rather than get into the despicable state of Nicaraguan politics--with a former president currently under something like 20 years house arrest for robbing the country blind and the present government teetering on the edge of collapse--it might be useful to take a gander at the job market.
I have several friends from Nicaragua, all of whom have PhDs, publications and several years of university-level teaching experience. They are all living and working in other countries because they have not been able to find jobs in their country--or at least ones which allow them to live and raise families on. None of them is a language prof--they are all in hard sciences.
My personal expeeience is a little out of date, but still may hold some info--3 years ago I was offered a job as head of the department of languages at a university in Leon. Very nice folks, but the best they could come up with for a salary was 600 dollars a month. As I didn't have much of a financial cushion at the time, unfortunately, I had to turn them down. |
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Justin Trullinger
Joined: 28 Jan 2005
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Location: Seoul, South Korea and Myanmar for a bit
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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I saw an interesting semi-volunteer position in Nicaragua on this board a while ago...think it was in Blue Ridge, or something like that. (Reputedly an ugly oil town, but probably badly in need of good teachers.)
You might run a search on the job page...
justin |
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