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kestane
Joined: 16 Feb 2007
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Location: Istanbul
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 Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:27 pm Post subject: ILM |
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About ILM:
They are based in Bakirkoy and have 6 branches.
I know a couple of teachers who are getting ready to leave because they are not satisfied by the housing situation. Apparently, the school is not very reliable when providing housing.
Schedules for foreigners change on a weekly basis - be prepared for a lack of routine in your life. Things are also generally pretty disorganized.
Teachers complain about sharing and not knowing what the previous lessons were, or even WHERE the classes are in the school.
The students are generally better than most dershanes. The school is modern, clean (toilet paper in the bathroom, etc.) and generally well maintained.
Tempers can flair up at the school from time to time, and Osman's wife can go crazy on you.
Over all it is a classic dershane experience. Teachers are being payed on time.
Kestane Kebap! |
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MIKEBUCHAN
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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Location: Russia
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:04 am Post subject: |
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Thank you kestane! I have 31 posts and few gave me the answers that I was looking for. Thank you again.
I think I'll stay in Russia for the time being and look elsewhere in Turkey and the world.
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Baba Alex
Joined: 17 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:04 am Post subject: |
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Maybe Yaramaz would like to share her secrets as to what she does in class (in Istanbul) to keep her students interested and engaged?
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Um, mescaline? Push-up bras? Heavy artillery? (though they aren't exactly secrets, eh Baba?) |
I always wear a push up bra if I havce a new class,
see also - suspenders and crotchless panties |
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justme
Joined: 18 May 2004
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Location: Istanbul
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Don't forget the eyeliner... You can get it cheaply by scraping up the black stuff you find on the ground in parking lots. |
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ghost
Joined: 30 Jan 2003
Posts: 1693
Location: Saudi Arabia
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:59 pm Post subject: Not a good idea |
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| Don't forget the eyeliner... You can get it cheaply by scraping up the black stuff you find on the ground in parking lots. |
Not a good idea, for the eyeliner.
A newbie EFL teacher from Canada which ghost helped secure a job in Istanbul in 2005 wore eyeliner to class (the teacher was male) and this and other things led to his dismissal from the school in question, which many of you on this forum know, but which shall go nameless.
Ghost in Korea |
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Golightly
Joined: 08 Feb 2005
Posts: 877
Location: in the bar, next to the raki
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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Go unmentioned, surely?
Oh yes, Mr. Eyeliner - we all had a laugh at his expense.  |
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yaramaz
Joined: 05 Mar 2003
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Location: Not where I was before
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| One might even think that our reference to eyeliner might even have a purpose, perhaps a reference to an event or a person we have already heard about... perhaps we were using a device known as sarcasm, or even irony. sometimes that happens. |
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justme
Joined: 18 May 2004
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Location: Istanbul
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:03 am Post subject: |
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Well I never!
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Baba Alex
Joined: 17 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 10:56 am Post subject: |
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I wore eyeliner to class once. Well actually, I'd forgotten I had some on from the night before, it happened a couple of weeks ago.
One of the students said "Alex, are you wearing eyeliner?"
"Do you know? I think I am" was my reply.
True story. |
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