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sheikh radlinrol
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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Location: Spain
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| Bradfrd12 wrote: |
It's a sad day when one answers his own post with an "i assume" without reading....
Sheikh and his cynical hate-ridden posts have accomplished nothing except marginalize the people that are actually trying to make heads or tails of the situation.  |
Cynical and hate-ridden? 
I simply pointed out that Bradford had admitted publicly, on this forum, that he was unable to comply with Spanish employment law. He then went on to justify this by saying that he had overheads on his academy (as do all businesses), that he had bills at home (don't we all?) and that he had to make Social Security payments for his staff (ALL businesses are required to do this in Spain). |
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jonniboy
Joined: 18 Jun 2006
Posts: 751
Location: Panama City, Panama
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| Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Moore wrote: |
Basically the only immediate solutions to this are:
1) Work like a demon during "term" time: do 30 hours a week for 9 months per year and you won't need to work over summer ...the drawback here being that you risk burnout and it's not always that easy to find 30 hours work per week. Also many teachers are rubbish at saving up, so spend what they earn during these months.
2) Suck it up and accept going to the UK over summer/go off and do Spanish summer camp ...the drawback with this one is that you are supposed to live in Spain, not the UK, that if you have a girlfriend/wife you don't want to leave them, and they will not be best pleased if you zip off to the mountains to spend your evenings getting boozed up with other teachers, which is their real attraction for those younger teachers who do them.
3) Get an alternative source of income: translating, a small business, doing something freelance from Spain in the UK via internet ...the drawback for this being that it's a lot of work, you need the right business, and some things are not do-able over the web. |
When I was in Spain I generally pursued option 2 - going and doing accounts work for the Summer in the UK. I'm not sure if that's such a feasible option now for two reasons. Firstly, with the global economic problems, firms are cutting down on temporary workers and covering sickness and maternity leave with existing staff. Secondly the fall in sterling makes such work less lucrative than before. Spain's desirability as a place to live is what causes the problems as there's always a ready supply of bodies to fill any vacancies. That situation isn't likely to change any time soon, short of climate change producing a new ice age on the costas. It's a pity since I'd love to return there to teach and vow to do so every December when the Latvian winter starts to kick in but ultimately the significant reduction in earnings and the thought of all those kiddies frightens me away.
In terms of working hours I really don't see the problem with an experienced teacher putting the hours in. I consider 28-30 hours per week to be optimal: that's a five day week with an occasional substitution on Saturdays, leaving plenty of time to prepare lessons. |
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