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naturegirl321
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 Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 4:18 am Post subject: Academia Europea?? |
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http://www.academia-europea.com
Has anyone heard of them? They-re in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and the Domincan Republic. Now they-re opening in Peru and I-m thinking about working for them and would love to hear from anyone who knows anything about them. |
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John Hall
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Location: San Jose, Costa Rica
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Academia Europea sees itself as Berlitz's main competitor, and they function in many ways similar to Berlitz. They are one of the lowest paying teaching gigs here in Costa Rica. I have met a few of their teachers, and they are usually people who have an agreement with the company that will allow them to teach in several Central American countries over a six month (or so) period. Besides English, they offer classes in five or six other European languages as well. |
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OleLarssen
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| I've also heard that the pay is very low, but that you can expect to be allowed to move from school to school when you work for them. |
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Seibu
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This sounds really intriguing. I'd love to hear from someone that has first hand experience with this company.
I think I'd rather spend a year sampling a few countries at a time like this than committing to a two-year, volunteer Peace Corp gig. |
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Faulk-like
Joined: 28 Mar 2005
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Location: St Louis
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| I took a Spanish class in San Jose there in 2004. The director was teaching it, and he once took a call on his mobile during class. He chatted away about football for 5-10 minutes. It's a dump with no standards. The two teachers I knew who worked there only did so for the ping-pong table and the complete lack of accountability. |
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Daddyo
Joined: 19 Jun 2008
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Location: Bogota, Colombia
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| Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:09 pm Post subject: Charles |
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| Faulk-like wrote: |
| I took a Spanish class in San Jose there in 2004. The director was teaching it, and he once took a call on his mobile during class. He chatted away about football for 5-10 minutes. It's a dump with no standards. The two teachers I knew who worked there only did so for the ping-pong table and the complete lack of accountability. |
That may have been Charles, the manager at the time. Big guy? I really liked him. He was a former captain in the Venezuelan army, and got mixed up in that coup against Chavez. He had real leadership ability, the kind of guy you'd follow anywhere.
I worked there for two years, from '04 to '06, and it was great! I did a stint at their school up in Honduras as well. They have a thing about locating their schools in beautiful buildings. The San Jose campus was a huge, rambling former embassy, and the location in San Juan del Sur was like an art gallery. It had a three storey atrium in the middle which included a beautiful swimming pool and art on the walls around it. They had penthouse apartments on the roof for teachers in residence. I used to sit up there smoking endless cigarettes at night and admiring the view.
It was the most dysfunctional place I ever worked in, but also the most interesting, oddly enough.
They've gone out of business in Costa Rica. I'd suggest contacting their El Salvador head office. And yes, you can tour Central America working at their schools. Pitful money, but lots of adventure! I highly recommend them. Just don't get talked into accepting a management position. |
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