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peterpan13 · Joined: 21 Jul 2005 Posts: 64 Location: neverneverland

Just saw their job ad on Dave's. Does anyone have current information about the job situation/conditions? Thanks

peterpan13 · Joined: 21 Jul 2005 Posts: 64 Location: neverneverland

Thanks E - that's all I could come up with also.
Just wondering if anyone had any direct personal experiences from working there.

tinkerbell · Joined: 08 May 2004 Posts: 17

I used to know a couple of teachers at Yasar but they seem to have vanished. I don't know why......

Otterman Ollie · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:21 am Post subject:

Thanks for that E,now what do you have to say about that or Yasar ?
People at ieu probably say that coz it may be true ,but WHAT do you think ?

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

Do I detect a bit of racism here?

Because Yasar Uni has few foreigners, does this make it a less worthy institution?

You know who's teachers are virtually all foreign but what do we think of them?

Tsk tsk Entrailicus, I thought you were so politically correct and so TEFLy.

billybuzz · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 219 Location: turkey

So E mate where is this academic list then ? BTW I heard that the pay at Yasar is the lowest in the city apart from one or two very dodgy language schools .

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

tvik · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 371 Location: here

I've been at Yasar for six months now and they've been quite good to me. The director is easy to work with, very competent and supports the teachers in relation to the students and the upper level of managment. They also got me a work permit without too much hassle. The pay isn't as good as it could be but they are making changes to that this year. The students are about the same as any prep school and although they were difficult in the class they were very friendly outside class.

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

What conclusions did you draw?

Otterman Ollie · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:07 am Post subject:

I suppose one could have drawn the conclusion that he likes to spout a lot but usually sits on the fence even more but did I say that ? No, merely supposed it !

whynotme · Joined: 07 Nov 2004 Posts: 728 Location: istanbul

Sally Vaite · Joined: 30 Jul 2006 Posts: 27 Location: Izmir

You go girl! ( snaps fingers and shifts wieght onto the other hip)

Otterman Ollie · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:50 am Post subject:

Oh E,!!!!!!! did the big bad otter make you feel you bad aboutyourself then ? Never mind take a small amount of comfort from the fact that the number of times you have done the same thing to me and others is just one of your better traits .

Sally Vaite · Joined: 30 Jul 2006 Posts: 27 Location: Izmir

Well, anyway.... I suppose the conclusion a person could draw is that a school that wouldn't hire foriegn teachers may find Turkish english teachers a bit more compliant, less complaining generally and easier to negotiate ( read: manipulate) at contract signing time. I am not sure if that is accurate in any case. I am sure there are a lot of reasons- other than the ones I have mentioned.

The flip side to this is a foriegn teacher coming from abroad, depending on the school for housing, a group of friends from the staff and information about how to get along in this country... all these things could make a yabanci ogretmen equally easy to control.

By the way, it is probably pointless to ask this but why is there so much hostility and open disrespect in this forum? It is really necessary to hijack every topic with personal attacks and petty arguing.. it gets very tiresome very quickly.