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[rizadoro]

For anyone thinking of teaching at this school in San Luis Potosi, know that it is not a very professional organization though it would certainly like to think it is. The owner is not around much. Most work is delegated to two office managers, one of whom speaks almost no English. The other is a very sour, difficult person. The director of studies is not competent, spending most of his time kibbutzing with students and his favorite teachers. The majority of teachers are very young Mexicans who may have lived in the U.S. for a period of time or have studied English somewhere along the way, but English is clearly their second language and they revert to Spanish whenever possible, in and out of the classroom.

Native English-speaking teachers are few and do not stay long, probably because the staff and other teachers are not friendly or helpful. Any request, like getting materials or changing to a bigger room, is greeted with nastiness and is a major production taking days to implement. The promised Spanish lessons might be useful if the teacher is good, but there is no guarantee.

Students often come late to classes and this is tolerated by the school. Teachers are required to arrive early to class and then must wait 45 minutes before calling a class if no one shows.

The school adores paperwork. Teachers have to make lesson plans and submit them each week, though like much of what the director of studies says and does, this is just for show. At the end of each seven-week term, reports to the school and the students must be written and grades calculated by a complicated formula.

The day starts at 7 a.m and can go as late as 9:30 p.m. The house the school provides is a pit, though if the school spent a minimum of money (perhaps on some lamps), it could be very nice.

One gets no feeling of value or competence here.

[TheLongWayHome]

[leslie]

Bye

[TheLongWayHome]

[al capone]

I think the main problem with San Luis Potosi is that there is very little to do in your spare time, especially if you are stuck out in Industrias

I went to Michocan for Semana Santa and loved the place and may move closer to the coast in the future.

Also i think that lessons are slowing down in general. As San Luis is an industrail city i fear more and more business shall stop funding employee lesson.

Apart from that i love Mexico

[TheLongWayHome]