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EF-Beykent University?
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svenhassel



Joined: 04 Aug 2006
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Location: Europe

PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

canadashirleyblue wrote:


I have NEVER met such badly behaved children.


And they're not even real children.

Are all late teen/ early twenty something Turks this unhinged?

Do all Turkish prep school students have an average mental age of nine years?

Or is it just in private "universities"?
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doner



Joined: 21 Jan 2010
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes the utter stupidity and childishness of the twenty something babies. And the way they need their hands held over everything. Their obsession with not attending but getting their names in the register.
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Happydays



Joined: 05 Mar 2010
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I worked in Beykent last autumn, and it was theworst teaching job I've ever taken in my life, and I've been teaching for over 25 years. This place doesn't need teachers it needs babysitters!
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coffeespoonman



Joined: 04 Feb 2005
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 8:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, the government taxes (legal) English teachers, though I've heard from a couple of reliable sources that the tax is refundable upon leaving the country. And since taxes are about 33% of your gross pay, that would amount to a good chunk of change. I have, however, never verified this to be true, and I'd love to hear from someone who has done/tried to do it.

And no, Beykent is certainly not the best Istanbul has to offer. Why do you think they outsourced their prep department to a language school? The admin couldn't handle it. Not just any language school, but EF (don't be fooled by the name, it's no longer English First - they lost their franchising license, or so I hear).

I've worked at 3 private unis here, and they've all been pretty good, in their own ways. The students are a problem at any private uni, but mine at least calm down when I tell them to.
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TeachEnglish



Joined: 09 Feb 2005
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I also work at a private university and I don't know which is worse, the students or the administration. The only people with rules to follow and punishments are the teachers.
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PC Parrot



Joined: 11 Dec 2009
Posts: 459
Location: Moral Police Station

PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It seems to be a common theme in education - a field where administrators constanly like to end discussions by reminding staff that the hallowed halls of education should be places of respect, decency and intellectual honesty.

And with such lofty sentiments in mind, they go and treat their staff like recalcitrant pack mules.

Yep. The field of education is certainly not one of the bountiful meadows that feature in the poetry of the romantics, but is more like a field post battle where the decomposing have been stripped of their clothes, and the dying have crows busy at their eyes.
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eclectic



Joined: 09 Nov 2006
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 6:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Yes, the government taxes (legal) English teachers, though I've heard from a couple of reliable sources that the tax is refundable upon leaving the country. And since taxes are about 33% of your gross pay, that would amount to a good chunk of change. I have, however, never verified this to be true, and I'd love to hear from someone who has done/tried to do it.


QUESTION: ARE ANY TEACHERS ON THIS THREAD WHO ARE WORKING IN TURKEY VERIFIABLY GETTING TAXED 33% RIGHT NOW??? Please speak up if you are, Id like to know 4 sure.
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kazazt



Joined: 15 Feb 2010
Posts: 164

PostPosted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 7:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

PC Parrot wrote:
It seems to be a common theme in education - a field where administrators constanly like to end discussions by reminding staff that the hallowed halls of education should be places of respect, decency and intellectual honesty.

And with such lofty sentiments in mind, they go and treat their staff like recalcitrant pack mules.

Yep. The field of education is certainly not one of the bountiful meadows that feature in the poetry of the romantics, but is more like a field post battle where the decomposing have been stripped of their clothes, and the dying have crows busy at their eyes.


You have Saudi down to a tee. I remember being told by the CO of our school "Wallah we are pay lot of money do not do anything bad the student."
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