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[twilightstar83]

ok i know you guys on this board don't seem to like BKC or is it BCK, but I only want to go for 6 months and it doesn't sound that horrible...I mean right now I'm in South Korea working in a hawgwan(can't be worse than that!). Anyway I applied with them a few days ago and still haven't heard back. It said that a recruiter would contact me withing 24 hours...so what exactly is going on? Am I not good enough for them? I have a TESOL and teaching experience...plus I speak Russian (which might not be a good thing i guess)

[jasonr37]

You are right about one thing. Most of the guys here don't like BKC. Today is my first day with BKC. Got here yesterday. I will keep everyone updated on how this turns out. With your qualifications I am suprised to hear thst you were not contacted in 15 min.

[MIKEBUCHAN]

Jason,

I have a BA in English and a MSc in TESOL and a number of years teaching - 11 in the US and 12 outside of the US - and BKC told me that I didn't even qualify at all to work for them! Go figure?????

[maruss]

Maybe you are more qualified than they are Mike and they were afraid of you but in any case it's their loss and not yours, as I'm sure you realise?

[MIKEBUCHAN]

You are very right! I have not heard from you in a little while, marass. I went to Baku for a short time --- city is fine and clean and the people are typical of the older Soviet times - the kids are beginning to act like the rest of the world though.

Mike

[Sef]

It does seem like BKC prefer to hire newly qualified people (perhaps because of their lower expectations?)
Did you contact them through their website or through the International House website? Cos in my limited experience, applications can sit on the IH website for MONTHS without being acknowledged!
Jason37 - if you were the guy in the Tver teachers room on Thursday evening then we've sort of already met. I look forward to hearing how you get on here
Enjoy the long weekend everyone!

[twilightstar83]

ok so they finally emailed me back, but can't go work there right now because i'm staying in Korea a bit longer. jasonr37 how is it going over there? Can you PM me? I haven't posted enough on this board so it wont let me PM people haha

[jasonr37]

I can't pm either. But I don't mind spilling my guts for all to see. Why not?

I just got paid today for the first time. Honestly I feel a bit screwed. I don't know whats going on there. I'm rather confused. I am a major cheapa$$ so I'll do just fine Bit I would still rather save more than I spend. I can barely pull that off with what they gave me. But its crap. I'm going to wait until I get my Visa back, have a look at my next payment and if its not up to par (Par of course is relative) then i will definitely have a little chat with whoever is in charge. Raise Hell If I have to.

I don't have any prior teaching experience and have never left my own country before. I arrived here 2 weeks behind everyone else in the internship. Basically this place has been a lot for me to take in. I've been told that I am showing a lot of progress. 3 more months and i will actually know what the hell I'm doing. This internship does require a good bit of work. Although I don't doubt that it would be considered remedial to the experienced.

I have not really gotten a schedule yet for classes to teach on my own so thats not a subject I could make a justified opinion on. I haven't heard complaints from other teachers either. Except for stuff related to Books. "I Spy sucks" Project sucks" I don't really know yet.

So thats it for now. I will keep everyone updated as I progress through this quicksand pit I made and then jumped into. HaHa

Sef! That may have been me. Hows It going?

BTW is it the air or the stress thats giving me this dang headache. Ha

God Bless
Jason

[twilightstar83]

whats the intership? i would assume that pays way less than the teaching job...i'm going for the job since i have a TESOL and some experience....

[bje]