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[mishmumkin]

[Duffy]

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[Duffy]

VS,

You are relying on other peoples descriptions of a place you, by your own statement/admission, have never visited.
How can you possibly say these things are, or were what you have declared you have, without ever having been here??

Do you rely 100% on all others who describe the place?

[veiledsentiments]

[Duffy]

OK VS

Get your point.

I have edited out the rant at BFS, guess he has his reasons. Mind you, it was my birthday yesterday (63rd) and I did have a few, well, more than a few, G&T's.

[flutterbayou]

When we discuss what it might be like to live outside Muscat in a small town, let's include school Admin and resources as reasons to be cautious when selecting a place to work.

A friend of mine recently asked his interviewer about poor teaching resources and a lack of legitimate and adequate copies of books for students. Naturally, the curriculum coordinator for MOHE backed her employer and told the applicant that books get ordered but sometimes arrive late. What she didn't tell him is that books believed to have been ordered in August, 2007, had yet to be delivered in March, 2008, at more than one of the Colleges of Applied Sciences and that teachers (in Sur, for instance) were photocopying pages out of an original copy (great IPR networking), frequently at their own expense.

Another caution regarding medical facilities in small towns follows: before agreeing to come to Oman, one should ask lots of questions about the medical facility where you will receive free treatment. In Sur, teachers are forced to use the clinic/private hospital where recruiter Majali is Co-Chairman of the Board. He will telephone the hospital to ask why a teacher is requesting treatment and has on several occasions told hospital staff to refuse treatment. One teacher at the College was accused of hiding a pre-exisating condition (fraud) and another teacher was ordered out because he/she was soon leaving the country. My question is why should one's sponsor know details of your confidential communication with your doctor.... The hospital food is also ordered from the restaurant of Majali's hotel (and paid for by the in-patient) so you can see that at least one recruiter does whatever he can to exploit his recruits.

[veiledsentiments]

[flutterbayou]

I would go beyond concern for children and focus on major gaps in medical discretion, VS.

When I was being treated by a physician, he told me that ______ had come in yesterday in grave condition with _______, before I explained that I found it unprofessional that he tell me the medical problems of someone I knew, or anyone for that matter.

Another factor to which I take issue is the misconception that the recruiter is the employer. He is not, but is the sponsor. More to the point is that this recruiter has recently corrected his running ad to make that point clear. He had previously claimed that his recruits worked for him until I pointed out that the contract states otherwise. His ad now correctly states that contractees work for the Ministry and not him.

I guess what I am trying to say is that the threads here have given descriptions of similar ratta-ratta for a long time, but many fail to point out major issues that might, otherwise, wave a big red flag to people unaware of what it's like to be in Oman in 2008.

And belated birthday wishes to Duffy....

[omanized]

And don't forget that the employer pays the insurance premiums and not the actual bills - or pays the teacher who has already paid the bills depending on the coverage deal the ins. company has.

Irrelevant if the doctor himself is gabbing on about Mr. x's "rash" in the delicate areas or whatever !

omzd ( rash free )