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[redeyes]

The info about these people and the Western stooges that run the place is nothing less than scary. Looks like a place to avoid at all costs.

The bit about "fitness being encouraged" amongst staff makes it sound so ....urrrmmmm..... attractive.... I mean, staff are allowed to use the running track in their break times....

Wow....that's a bonus....I mean, that's exactly what I want to do in my breaks between class, go off on a jog in the blazing sun. What a good perk of the job eh?

[trapezius]

Don't go to King Faisal School. In all my ears in the Kingdom I have never heard ANYTHING positive about the place.

[Kepler]

Hey

Sorry I didn't reply to 'Veiled Sentiments Earlier', but I am pretty busy with our new IB Diploma Programme. I think you guys that hang arounds these forums need to wise up a little. You guys keep banging this school (and others) when the place is really pretty decent. Decent for a NATIONAL school, that is. It doesn't really compare to national schools, but then not many schools in the region do. It's about the best national school in the country. It's an eight hour, five-day week and I am still here. Of course, I may move on next year, but then people do, don't they? Riyadh is not the party capital of the world, but the Diplomatic Quarter is nice and free and the school is happy to let us wander off at lunch and grab a burger or a coffee at Starbucks. The school used to have big problems, and discipline wiull always mean you need to be quite resiliant in class, but again Arab NATIONAL school. Go to inner city London and see how long you last...why don't you three who are always knocking the place go and have a look at it in the 21st century instead of listening to people who were fired long ago?

[veiledsentiments]

[Stephen Jones]

[trapezius]

[Kepler]

Apologies, I meant the reply to Never Ceased To Be Amazed, not Veiled, and of course i was replying to the 2009 queries.

As for people being fired, they are fired from time to time but I quite agree most leave of their own accord. Usually people stay one or two years, not a week (though that has happened once to my knowledge.) Leaving is usually because of Saudi itself.

To Stephen about London, I was not comparing economic classes of relative worth within societies, but rather discipline levels of students.

There are plenty of teachers pissed off with Saudi national schools, but those who are thicker skinned (like me) do stay longer. No-one compared KFS with an international school or even most usual western-style schools (apart from the tough ones as discussed above.) I do see our job here as helping make things better.

I repeat, if you are interested in working at the school and you are in Riyadh, just come and visit. The western staff will be happy to talk to you.

[tomboy666]

King Faisal School is a nice place to work, though you need to have good classroom management skills as the kids will need a reason to respect you; doesn't come automatically. Decent money, decent accommodation; they treat the staff well. I was a teacher there and later a manager. I work at an internatonal school in another country now, but i still miss the old place from time to time.

[scot47]

BThe last post probably emanated from the Great beast Mephisto himself, as the "666" indicates. No one in the know has ANYTHING positive to say about this school. Take my advice and have nothing to do with them.

[Kepler]

ohhhh I see scot47, ignore the positive posts and just revel in insulting the people who were kind enough to write something constructive? Funny that of the three peope who have ACTUALLY worked at the school, two were positive. The negative one has admitted he worked there over a decade ago. Scot47...hmmmmm I assume your post emanates from 1947? Up-to-date as usual...

[veiledsentiments]

[tomboy666]

Well said, Veiled. We need to take your post as an example of constructive comment. Un-travelled (unseasoned internationally) teachers get beat up in Saudi national schools (same in many other countries.)

[whiskersass]

Having worked there some time ago, I found on the positive.

You were paid regularly and the school honored their side of the contract.

However the working environment itself is a bit of a contradiction to what has been said by a few people.

It was something out of St. Trinians with the Machiavellian touch and big brother watching you.

[briana74]

You're right, sorry, Veiled!

[briana74]

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