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Super Frank
Joined: 03 Feb 2006
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Remember the old adage? "If you can't do, teach"
"and if you can't teach, teach P.E."
"and if you can't teach P.E., Tefl"
Only joking, but you know where I is coming from innit |
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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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If you don't have the skills or brains for TEFL, the whitehouse may be available in a few years...  |
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happy_me
Joined: 01 Feb 2006
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Location: In the neighborhood of nirvana
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yes its trur we are all here on this page all but the teacher who worked here in 99 and is back to try agean only thing is the pay is the same but costs are up by 600%
however, he proclames "its a nice place to live" |
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JZer
Joined: 16 Jan 2005
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Location: Pittsburgh
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| Completely mundane, no special talents, not terribly clever or witty, not ugly but definitely not a head-turner, but has cute girls absolutely swarming him in Japan. |
This guy sounds no different than many football players or drummers back home. I have seen many mundane, average, drummers have cute girls swarming them back in the U.S. |
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denise
Joined: 23 Apr 2003
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Location: finally home-ish
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| Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Completely mundane, no special talents, not terribly clever or witty, not ugly but definitely not a head-turner, but has cute girls absolutely swarming him in Japan. |
This guy sounds no different than many football players or drummers back home. I have seen many mundane, average, drummers have cute girls swarming them back in the U.S. |
Well, then they've got a TEFL career to fall back on in case their athletic or musical ambitions don't work out!
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dmb
Joined: 12 Feb 2003
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Denise, are you suggesting that anyone can teach EFL?  |
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JZer
Joined: 16 Jan 2005
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Location: Pittsburgh
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| Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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| They don't need to be able to teach to get a job. One could last a long time in this business without any skill. |
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ls650
Joined: 10 May 2003
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Location: British Columbia
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| Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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| They don't need to be able to teach to get a job. One could last a long time in this business without any skill. |
Indeed. One recent co-worker of mine often commented that he'd been teaching English for 10 years. However, if you talked to him at any length (or more accurately, let him babble at you) you'd discover that he'd also worked at about a dozen different schools in that time, and none had ever put up with him for more than a year.
Thankfully, we managed to get rid of him after 4 months; he was so terrible to both students and staff that I'm amazed the administration put up with him for that long! |
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dmb
Joined: 12 Feb 2003
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| So, are you saying that if you are re-hired by a school you are a good teacher? |
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Pollux
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
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Location: PL
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| Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Not necessarily. The school might be desperate for teachers. |
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ls650
Joined: 10 May 2003
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Location: British Columbia
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| Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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| So, are you saying that if you are re-hired by a school you are a good teacher? |
Well, let's put it this way: if a school is willing to offer a teacher a second contract, he/she probably isn't absolutely horrible...
If I was doing the hiring and an applicant had never worked at the same school twice, that would raise a red flag. And if that applicant had worked at ten different schools in ten years, that'd raise two. |
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gaijinalways
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The Happy Tefler
Spends his years wandering the globe(therby fulfilling his long held ambition) meeting people and getting paid to talk to them in his own language. Is sober and well dressed, always sunny and positive with ner a care in the world. Is popular with students, management and fellow teachers. Always helpful. A wonder on quiz nights. Has long ago fulfilled his dream of learning another language and is currently on his third. His friends back home can't believe the exotic beauty he takes home- even though he makes it a strict rule never to date students tho' boy has he been tempted!. Has worked hard and studied hard(having to pay for the courses himself) and is currently doing his MA in apllied ling. part time. Has visited 4 continents and over 25 countries.
He thinks he is part of a noble profession and is proud of his job. |
Who has been following my life? Wait I remember now, I've only visited 3 continents and about 20 countries ! Sunny, well, my students do say I can block the sun  !
Tempted, well, I think I may have strayed  .
Actually I am proud, I feel our students do benefit, though I don't think the university management always feels that way. |
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Miss beth
Joined: 14 Feb 2006
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Location: China
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| Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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| If I was doing the hiring and an applicant had never worked at the same school twice, that would raise a red flag. And if that applicant had worked at ten different schools in ten years, that'd raise two. |
I do believe I recognize myself...
I've lost count of how many schools I've worked for in the last 5 years. I worked in a rural area in France where there were no other native speakers (the closest they got to it was probably New Zealand lamb or British beef) and rarely worked in the schools themselves. I drove from factory to company spreading my wisdom: my students loved me (not wanting to blow my own trumpet, but I did get great feedback and my students definitely improved), but when the contract had finished and no government subsidies were coming in, the schools couldn't give me any more hours.
I am not alone. About an hour's drive away, a couple of hard working Brits were trying to make ends meet the same way.
So, it all depends on the situation. |
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nomadder
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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Location: Somewherebetweenhereandthere
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The lonely abroad average or less guy who believes all the stuff the local gals tell him. "Damn those more honest women back home." he thinks.
After the ring is on she begins to "forget" her English and things take a turn for the worst but it's too late for him to go home or she won't go now though she said would before.
Better the devil you know. |
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Sweetsee
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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Location: ) is everything
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| Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:23 am Post subject: |
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| The new teacher at your job who is all smiles and cheer at first and quickly becomes a native wannabe. |
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