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Alex Shulgin
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| Fast typing can and does lead to mistakes in spelling. However, as you have typed 'kindergarden' every single time that you wanted to type 'kindergarten' (apart from one when you typed 'kinder garden') I'm going to have to ask about your qualifications and where you photocopied the orginals. |
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philyyy
Joined: 29 May 2005
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Location: Wroclaw
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:18 pm Post subject: It's a German word so who gives a S:::. |
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| I like the word nursery myself. |
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Pollux
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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Philyyy,
A nursery and a kindergarden are not the same. |
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gregoryfromcali
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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Location: People's Republic of Shanghai
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| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:33 am Post subject: |
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| I'm all for a good school and all but I'm not stupid. I want a job that pays at least the average pay. I don't want to go take a job blindly and then find out that across the city someone else working the same job is making double or worse. This happens in China and it makes the teacher look like a putz. I am new when it comes to Poland but i am not an amature when it comes to pay. |
That doesn't really happen in Poland like it does in China.
Yes some people do get paid a lot, but that's only about 5% of all EFL teachers.
Most first year teachers were making about 30zl an hour after taxes (outside of Warsawa) when I was there in 2005.
You may be able to make a little more because you have experience. Yet you won't find as many opportunities teaching children as you did in China.
In Poland a large part of the market is teaching university students.
As some people pointed out, you probably don't want to make too many mistakes in Poland. Students can get pretty uptight when teachers make mistakes and as a result teachers in Poland tend to get uptight about that too.
Saying that, I actually did enjoy teaching in Poland more. Because at most schools you often repeat the same lesson again and again. Where as in China, although I teach less hours, I usually prepare a lesson once and teach it once.
Then it's back to the drawing board. |
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dan_m
Joined: 16 Aug 2006
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| Oh sory. I write these on my break at school. And right abouve my head is our sighn. Which reads kindergarden not kindergarten. Anyway I am planning to go to Warsaw. Does anyone know and good KINDERGARTEN schools there? Or other early childhood learning? |
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freudling1000
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
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Khrystene said:
"You have to understand, many of us have been teaching a while, and take pride in out language skills."
Hi language professional, glad to see you think you are so important that you have to point out errors in other people's posts when yours is clearly not perfect. |
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Alex Shulgin
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| Hi language professional, glad to see you think you are so important that you have to point out errors in other people's posts when yours is clearly not perfect. |
Oh, the irony. |
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Lavaboy
Joined: 31 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 1:19 am Post subject: |
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| Alex Shulgin wrote: |
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| Hi language professional, glad to see you think you are so important that you have to point out errors in other people's posts when yours is clearly not perfect. |
Oh, the irony. |
Actually, Mr. Freud's dodgy usage can be construed as correct if we take "yours" to be the singular pronoun standing in for "your particular post here, Khrystene." |
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Kymro
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I believe Mr Shulgin may be attempting to emulate his friend, the late lamented Shakespearean scholar Crogo, in his hilariously flawed attempts at improving grammatical accuracy on this board.
See here |
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freudling1000
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Actually, there is no irony in it in relation to my posts, because I do not profess to be a language professional and don't care if my posts have errors. I think an accurate word for someone who points out errors in people's posts and makes errors themselves would be HYPOCRITE.
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dan_m
Joined: 16 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:37 am Post subject: |
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| man do boards ever stay on topic???? |
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gregoryfromcali
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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| Hi language professional, glad to see you think you are so important that you have to point out errors in other people's posts when yours is clearly not perfect. |
I agree.
Pointing out errors is just rude.
When someone takes pride in their knowledge of grammar of their native tongue I always have to wonder if they suffer from self-esteem issues.
Ragamuffin! |
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dan_m
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| So to get back on topic I'm looking to get a company that supplies a home and air port pick up and all the minor detail. I've read the forum and 3200 is the most common newbe pay. What would be a good city and school to start off with. I'm not looking to make great money my first year i just want to have a decent job and acomadation taken care of. |
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gregoryfromcali
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| So to get back on topic I'm looking to get a company that supplies a home and air port pick up and all the minor detail. |
This is called a "soft landing."
I think IH does it, but the pay isn't as high.
You do realize that you're going to Europe and it's just as easy to do these things by yourself, don't you?
Just stay at a hostel for a few days and then you can choose your own apartment.
Besides you may as well see the schools you're thinking of working at before you sign anything.
Ok. Now back to hijacking your thread.  |
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Wild Bill
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| You might want to try the Word School in Tarnobrzeg. It is kind of out of the way, but it is close enough to Krakow that weekends are not out of the question. |
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