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yaramaz · Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:54 pm Post subject:

Um, what's all this about sausages?

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

Please don't ask them to spell this out or paint a picture. It's all too clear....I've never heard it said this way before, though.

yaramaz · Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:42 pm Post subject:

I was trying to figure out if it was homoerotic imagery or a rather indirect way to spell out men's interest in women.

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

JZer · Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 3898 Location: Pittsburgh

moot point · Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 441

I have an MA in TESL but have yet to put it to use because the job descriptions of those requiring an MA nowadays seem to be less than my current position.

I work as an ALT in Japan and earn roughly US$30,000 per annum. This involves about 12-15 contact hours per week with the rest of the time free to make use of free Internet access, printers, paper, etc. Subsidised rent and use of car are also included in the package. To supplement the income I teach an additional 10 classes per week which brings in an additional $15,000.

Married with two children I find we save about 30% of my gross income.

prof · Joined: 25 Jun 2004 Posts: 741 Location: Boston/China

With more and more MA TESOL/TEFL grads, the future of the market looks bleak!!

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

Make hay while the sun shines ... rain clouds are gathering in the desert ...

... in fact, some veterans would tell you it's been chucking it down for a while now ...

tedkarma · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:53 am Post subject:

Can I comment with "only" an M.Ed. and PGCE in TEFL?

I have spent five years in Saudi and six years in Korea.

If I need to save money - and could find the right job I would go to Korea before I would go to Saudi - or the Middle East.

I might save a little less per month in Korea - but my quality of life would be FAR higher than anywhere in the ME.

Yeah, I know Dubai is nice - but it's not that nice. A "normal" life is still a bit of a struggle even in the "liberal" ME.

Huge nice apartments aren't all there is to life. Net savings is important, but Korea can come very close to the ME in that area.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Ted, which would you say was the best for a family with young children. I have no experience of KSA or Korea. However I thought that Qatar would be a good choice(2 years there). My mrs has experience of Korea(2 years) and the ME(oman) and she'd prefer UAE/Qatar over Korea. Any thoughts?

tedkarma · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:51 am Post subject:

If you have kids, the equation is different.

Perks in Korea rarely provide for the schooling of your children. Perks in the ME do - and usually you get far better housing in the ME. So . . . that's where I would look if I were in that situation.

Miyazaki · Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 635 Location: My Father's Yacht

james_tesol · Joined: 21 May 2005 Posts: 65

I didn't realise there was such a thing as a PGCE in TEFL! IS there such a thing? I would be very interested!