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Mikalina · Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:59 am Post subject:

Still hurts, I guess.

No reference from your last teaching position doesn't look good on application forms. Also 3,000 dollars owed not paid so feeling it financially too.

Will take a deep breath next time......

johnslat · Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 1:25 pm Post subject:

Dear It's Scary,

"So why take the bait? ENO's post was purely to raise ire!

It's not worthy of a response!"

I'd say Mikalina's post was helpful - after all, I doubt that all the readers of this forum are too knowledgeable about Kurdistan.

If eflnoil's post hadn't been challenged, I suspect at least some would have taken it as "gospel truth."

Regards,
John

It's Scary! · Joined: 17 Apr 2011 Posts: 823

johnslat · Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:12 pm Post subject:

Dear It's Scary,

And, thank God, there are, of course, no fools on Dave's Very Happy

.

Regards,
John

truman 123 · Joined: 14 Oct 2011 Posts: 3

Since when did Blaming the Victim come back into vogue ENO?

babur · Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 7:12 am Post subject: kurdistan

Interesting take

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

"A lawless breakaway State" ? Like West Virginia ?

johnslat · Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 4:27 pm Post subject:

Dear scot47,

Texas might be a more appropriate comparison:

April 15, 2009:

"Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) was one of the dozens of Republican lawmakers who are addressing the anti-Obama tea parties today. He told the crowd he didn�t believe they were all �right-wing extremists,� as others had sought to portray them. �But if you are, I�m with you!� he shouted. After, he told reporters that Texas might have to secede from the union:
Perry told reporters following his speech that Texans might get so frustrated with the government they would want to secede from the union.
�There�s absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, you know, who knows what might come out of that.�"

What a wingnut Rolling Eyes

Regards,
John

P.S. Oh, and in case you aren't familiar with that term:

"1. wingnut
n. An outspoken, irrational person with deeply-held, nominally conservative, political views. A person who chooses on principle to be flagrantly ignorant. A "right-wing nut".

babur · Last edited by babur on Thu Nov 24, 2011 3:59 pm; edited 1 time in total

Just to put this thread back to the forefront. In the Klondike state of Kurdistan:

All schools and colleges are there to make money. Nothing else. You'll be employed to help them do that. They're not there to promote "academic excellence" or "make a difference". The Kurds are in dire need of a functioning education system. State education is in a mess because the Kurdish Regional Government uses the funds (mostly from donor countries) to finance ministers' lavish lifestyles.

VISAS:
If you're venturing into Klondikistan, get an Iraq visa in your own country. It's valid throughout Iraq, including Kurdistan. Visas issued by the KRG aren't valid outside the "enclave".

Mikalina · Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 1:43 pm Post subject:

Dr Jeckyl and Mrs Hyde - love it!!!!

babur · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 1:18 pm Post subject: kurdistan update

The Kurdistan employment visa saga is still ongoing. You/your employer will only get a work permit with the right connections. Few are obtained through the official channels. Private schools (businesses) in Erbil, Dohuk and Suli which promise the "adventure of a lifetime", are still attracting loads make-a-difference wannabees. Be warned, even if you make it to Kurdistan with a signed contract in hand, remember once you're there and you're theirs unless you want pay your flight back home.

This happened last year but very little has changed.
http://victoriafine.blogspot.com/2010/06/ugly-side-of-northern-iraq-kurdistan.html

The infamous Britannia school of English which claims to be agents for every organisation under the sun has responded to

Mikalina · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:04 pm Post subject:

I find the trashing of individual teacher's professionalism really distasteful although I know it is a common defence from this company. They are very clever at this, using a small amount of common knowledge and building on it - we've all met 'dodgy' TEFL teachers and it is too easy for us to believe what the company says.

ALL the employees I know and have met, have actually LEFT the company, usually before the end of their contract, and not 'been let go' as Britannia states.

I would be more than happy to meet them to refute their own internet slander and to re-state my position as someone who had excellent references, qualifications and worked extremely hard - proven by the school going from 8 students to 64 whilst I was working there. I was left jobless, homeless, visa less and return flight-less - not pretty for a female in a Middle Eastern country.

One good thing though, from what I can gather they are acting quite honourable towards their staff at present (not Kurdish staff, of course - they are still the lowest of the low).

So these comment sites are obviously working.......

Mikalina · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:19 pm Post subject:

Oh, heck. Just realised what I said. I forgot how degraded my idea of honour from this company has become.

By honourable, I mean, final payments and return flight tickets. Everything else, crap accommodation, unpaid overtime, bullying,non-existance visa, etc., etc., still exists.