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[Hiawatha]

Poorest management I have yet to see. (From top to bottom).
Fired at whims, and especially if you are a good instructor, who has experience and specialized diploma.

The local teachers are protected from student complaints, and the expats are blamed instead.

Expats fired for absolutely no reason, except to appease student complaints of locals who will never be let go.

And, sadly this is at the higher level institutions.

Sorry, I'm usually more positive than this, but in the case of Oman it's unfortunately not possible

[markcmc]

Where have you worked? And for how long?

[veiledsentiments]

Seems a bit over-dramatic to refer this to a complete country. So, you have taught at every educational institution in the whole country and they were all the same? One must always be careful of painting with too broad a brush.

Every foreign employer in the world reflects your criticisms to various degrees.

The fact is that there are some good jobs in Oman, but not as many as there should be or could be...

VS

[Duffy]

Hiawatha,

Most all of your recent posts have been on the KSA board about working in KSA. How come you are suddenly the expert on current working conditions in Oman?

Duffy

[isabel]

I get it. You want to keep this beautiful country to you and your friends, so you are trying to scare every one else away.

Clever.

[Pikgitina]

[slaqdog]

I work at a College in Oman, there has been a very high turnover of teachers this year-mostly involuntary and mostly related to management.
However even with this issue a lot of teachers want to stay.
The teaching is often more like crowd control or babysitting, quite often very low level stuff. But pay arrives on time........which is no small thing.
Many teachers here need to forget about slagging off locals and do some work....you need a bit of balls to control the classroom, but even with hard work and experience AND a good classroom manner if you do not brown nose then you may be chopped yes the mismanagement issue can rear its ugly head.
Positives; if you like scenary and can stand the heat there are places to go and thigs to see unlike many other places in the Gulf.
But I finish with a quote from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy;'Locals: mostly harmless'.
except for the randy taxi drivers but thats another story for another thread

[isabel]

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[slaqdog]

VS re randy taxi drivers; as a 46 y.o fat male I find these attentions to be a 'novelty' tut tut the fun I have been missing.......
As re 'mature women' being better well yes it is my personal preference but I dont think mature men have greater difficulty or are less able in this department. Many younger teachers flourish; it's a personality issue,,or disorder, I think

[veiledsentiments]

[isabel]

[Hiawatha]

Hi There

"I wish to correct my previous post.....Do not work in Oman unless it's your only option....."

What I wrote is true, yet I do not want to be this negative toward any establishment. They are doing the best they can. I sincerely apologise. H.

[pat blake]

I can definitely say that being a "mature" woman means a bit less hassle, but not necessarily so. If young men have never been taught by a woman, they might disrespect you because of (or be distracted by) your gender. Of course, young or old, you have to be motherly or sisterly to get them to respect you. You never act like their "friend," because men and women are not friends. Ever.