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sheema.doshi · Joined: 30 Sep 2007 Posts: 8

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

Sheema,

It would be nice if you could use both of your educational backgrounds. I noticed that you asked about Allied Health on the Kuwait branch. They could be a good fit for your background. There was also just an ad here from the Faculty of Medicine which is a smaller department at KU that might be even better: http://www.eslcafe.com/joblist/index.cgi?read=16077

Two other options in addition to the ones you mentioned above for the UAE would be Sultan Qaboos University in Oman where they have a medical department with quite a few English teachers. Oman also has a small private college doing medical training called Oman Medical College. You can google it up.

I can tell you that your ethnicity would not be a big problem in Oman. You may have to work a little harder to earn your students respect as they probably ran roughshod over their sub-continental teachers in their schools. But, all students test the limits of their teachers ability to teach the subject and control their little games. Laughing

In the Gulf there is a certain amount of unwanted attention on the streets, but for someone with overseas experience, not more than you can deal with. You merely have to use the common sense that women need to use everywhere to stay safe.

With your qualifications you can get a job with the good dependable employers. The stories that you heard refer to shady language schools and some of the K-12 "international schools" - neither of which you would/should be applying to. Stick to the universities and read up on them here.

In general Arab students are not as serious as Koreans... allowing, of course, for individual differences. You will find the most serious students if you get into medical English. It is hard to generalize too much because it depends on where you are teaching and often which students within that university or college.

VS

sheema.doshi · Joined: 30 Sep 2007 Posts: 8

Hello VS,
Thank you for the information. I'm going to try and see what I can do! Thank you very much. Sheema

metateacher · Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 12

Indians are employed everywhere but the employers try to pay them less than white folk. At least you're not black. I haven't seen 1 black teacher anywhere in the UAE

umzakaria · Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 58

Hi there,in my experience there are black teachers in the UAE.Come on it's not that bad there!

mishmumkin · Joined: 01 Sep 2007 Posts: 929

uaeobserver · Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Posts: 236

it's a matter of mindset.

If you let people walk on you --- they will. Not much to do with the color of your skin or your nationality.

I know several black teachers from HCT. They're really very talented.

I also knew an African guy from ECSSR who trained fairly important young men.

The people that I know make sure their talent shows. When they do that, they get respect.

Indians - I don't think there's any issue. HCT's 20th year anthology has numerous chapters written by Indians.