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jonathan1001 · Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 14

Greetings All

I have been reading these forums for some months now. Trying to get an understanding for what life is really like teaching and living in KSA.

I have noticed that if something is bad it will always be reported, analysed and discussed. In comparison very little positive things are reported.

So I would like to see teachers post something positive about working and living in Saudi.

I am on my way to take up a teaching job�..so I would like to see some of the benefits of working in KSA.

Any takers to this challenge?

Jonathan

Bookies' Choice · Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 4

The good things are numerous. Here is a list I've compiled.
cheap gas
no tax
gas is cheap
there is no tax
you won't pay much for gas
tax free pay
gas prices are low
you keep what you earn (no tax)
cheap to fill up your tank (cheap gas)
tax free salary
low low gas prices

I'm sure I've forgotten something though..

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

As a male I am happy that I do not have to work together with frantic feminists and menopausal witches.

crashartist1 · Joined: 06 Jun 2004 Posts: 164

BC, you forgot the cheap gas.

The great thing about teaching in Saudi Arabia is that if you aspire to become a poet, you have a great chance to accomplish just that.

If you want to save starving cats you can do that here.

If you want to convert to Islam you can also accomplish that.

If you like shopping there is a lot of malls and shops.

If you are a gay man you will never be lonely.

If you have no concept of time, and when someone describes you as a person who has lost touch with reality, who no longer carries the virtues of responsibility and accountability and your theme song is 'We don't need no education' then you are going to be in heaven here because your students share that same ideology!

If you believe that the Jews are behind every hurricane that has pounded the Southeastern U.S. coast line and every terrorist
attack that has been blamed on muslims then you you will love it here.

If you love conspiracy stories, welcome home.

(just one more month.... 30 days more....)

Paul in Saudi · Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 404 Location: Doha, Qatar

Whatever you are, Saudi Arabia makes it worse.

On the other hand, if you are more-or-less self-contained, if you can be happy puttering around the house, reading and writing, cooking and cleaning, you can make it here.

That, and cheap gas.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

..................and cheap petrol too !

Incognito · Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 23

Queen of Sheba · Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 397

Paul in Saudi · Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 404 Location: Doha, Qatar

Funny or maybe really, really embarrassing.

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

So Scot... which is it? Cool

VS

Sheikh Inal Ovar · Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 1208 Location: Melo Drama School

The students don't pick up slip ups ...

Cleopatra · Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:20 am Post subject:

The cheap 'gas' is of no interest to me as a woman, but I agree with the following:

Abba · Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 97 Location: UK

Pikgitina · Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 420 Location: KSA

Interesting how endless the array of issues is that people on this forum have. Nice to hear positive comments from some contributors. I'm not from the UK nor from the US. My eyes are definitely not blue nor green. I had a good time in the old KSA. Dishonest employees? Sure. Lazy students? Sometimes. Interesting colleagues? Many! Crazies? Even more!! Experienced great Saudi hospitality in their homes and "rest houses"? Lots. When you have a few days off, head south for the mountains - Baha, Abha, Najran. Amazing. Totally different. I recommend Saudi, but if you want what it does not offer (which is where those issues come in), don't go, don't do it to yourself. To a large extent, although definitely not always, it is what YOU make if it.