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voodoochild
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Gordon
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That article was bantered about a year or 2 ago here.
Makes me glad not to be teaching in Europe. |
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voodoochild
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Yeah I remember seeing that article here a while back however its not just in Europe now it also getting this way in Japan... Nova? Geos? ALT work? all the same ...
quoted from the article....
" ..Of equally questionable value are the language-teaching religions championed by the various "method schools", such as Super Rapid and Berlitz, where I once worked for two hilarious months. These are based on a narrow set of beliefs, zealously applied, about how English is learnt. In general, grammar and analysis are avoided, the methodology is highly formalised, and it is strictly verboten to address the students in their own language." ...
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fluffyhamster
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william wallace
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william wallace
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expatben
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This is why we need to make EFLTU stronger. It reminds me of an exercise I once did as a student. We went into groups of 4, our teacher told us to make bags out of paper and for every bag he would pay 3 rupees (we were pretending to be in India). So anyways we made our bags and when the time came our teacher came he offered us only 1 rupee. We were not happy but he said if we refused he would go to the other groups. Reluctantly we accepted.
It turns out we all gave up and took the deal and thats when he told us the lesson-which is what I am saying now-
if we all band together in solidarity, if we all realise that we are professionals we have something that we have something they need than maybe, just maybe we can make a better deal for us all.
Check out the union website lets all band together. If we refuse to work for bad schools they will close. No teachers= no schools=no money for fat cat owners.
So strike, protest and never stop demanding our worth! |
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ls650
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| expatben wrote: |
| If we refuse to work for bad schools they will close. |
One of the great things about TEFL is that there are plenty of other schools out there; if you aren't happy in one school, leave and go work somewhere else.
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| So strike, protest and never stop demanding our worth! |
Sorry, but I don't go for the "with union we are strong, comrade brother" line. I don't need to pay some union bigwig to think for me. |
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Justin Trullinger
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