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lizziebennet
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La Reve, I believe you misunderstood as I was talking about living in Buraimi without a border pass not the university itself. The university is the only thing that keeps me in Buraimi. I love my students and I love teaching them and it is not very nice of you to put words in my mouth.
Hopefully after our visa has been renewed we will be able to get a new border pass and then life will be easier as it has been tough without a border pass. As you know there is nothing much in Buraimi other than a Lulu and a Dominos pizza  |
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Turbster
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Location: UK
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| Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 6:39 am Post subject: |
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| Lizzie, you have a Lulu????? Then all's good ay? |
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lizziebennet
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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Lulu's opened in May or June... Yes, it is great Turbster!
You can get Mexican, Thai, Tofu, Celery, Portobello Mushrooms, whole grain bread and numerous items we couldn't get before We used to travel to Al Ain, Dubai, Sohar or Muscat to shop for special items now it is just 5 minutes away
They are opening a cinema soon and a few other restaurants are coming to the food court so I am not complaining The new high way is mostly open too and they are building a mall, a stadium and something they call a China mall (I guess it will be similar to Dragonmart).
The only thing Buraimi really needs now is a proper coffee shop like Starbucks, Tim Hortons, Caribou, Gloria Jeans or Costa Coffee. |
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FarGone
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| Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:33 am Post subject: |
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| lizziebennet wrote: |
The only [emphasis added] thing Buraimi really needs now is a proper coffee shop like Starbucks, Tim Hortons, Caribou, Gloria Jeans or Costa Coffee. |
oh, I can think of at least a dozen more non-coffee shop needs that Buraimi really needs. ...But you seem to like it there, so I hope ELS' contract ending in 2013 won't bum you out too much.  |
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cfaulkner
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| Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:26 am Post subject: |
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| Some seem to be in love with this ELS place, while others seem to hate it. Typical dichotomy when it comes to a Middle East employer. |
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FarGone
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| Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:38 am Post subject: |
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| cfaulkner wrote: |
| Some seem to be in love with this ELS place, while others seem to hate it. Typical dichotomy when it comes to a Middle East employer. |
One (1) seems to love it; all others, not so much-to-loathing.
The common denominator being, the one who loves it has only a Bachelor's degree, is young and is glad to be teaching (period). |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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| cfaulkner wrote: |
| Some seem to be in love with this ELS place, while others seem to hate it. Typical dichotomy when it comes to a Middle East employer. |
You find this everywhere in the Gulf for nearly all employers. While only lizzie is posting for the positive side, we all know that there are others who are fine with it too.
Just as there are plenty of unhappy ex-ELSers around like Fargone who have posted here over the years. But his two months of experience don't seem to me to be enough for his spending so much time attacking.
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FarGone
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| Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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| "Walk a mile in my shoes" - Joe South (songwriter) |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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Your blisters should have long healed and you should move on... seriously.
Too many poster here get obsessed about a bad experience.
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FarGone
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 Civic duty, what can I say? To see another qualified professional instructor get sucked "into a private contractor-for-a-private-'University' and then-be-verbally-abused-by-the-nominal-"Boss"-of-a-low-level program" would not be doing it (civic duty). |
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raymond59
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| Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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| veiledsentiments wrote: |
Your blisters should have long healed and you should move on... seriously.
Too many poster here get obsessed about a bad experience.
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I absolutely agree, too much resentment leads nowhere and I feel it's doing a lot of harm to those willing to try teaching in Oman. Two months is too short a time for so many posts filled with anger and disgust. Enough of this, Fargone. Let people decide for themselves!!! |
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FarGone
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Turbster
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Hi FG,
I think you might have achieved what you set out to, in advising prospective teachers as to the inadvisability of working at ELS, or the University of Bureimi.
I also think that having done so, you might, well........ move on, so to speak.
I am personally not immune to frustrating experiences when dealing with any level, or form, of beauracracy, here in the Sultanate. It is not restricted to education, and those who have been here for some time can appreciate that the country is (effectively) only 41 years old in terms of recent development.
I also have to say that many such frustrations and inefficiencies, not to mention an absence of goodwill and capability, are global, and not just Omani. I currently am still trying to get a deposit returned from a global rental car company, based in the UK, after 3 months, 27 emails and 9 phone calls!
The issues surrounding expat employment are exclusively blamed by dissenters on this board on Omani ineptitude. Narry a mention of the often sighted arrogance, incompetence and laziness on the part of the expats. Its alive and kicking!
I'm here, as I see it, to provide a quality of learning for these students, and the frustrations I face from my own perspective, are surely dimmed by the challenges they face. I resolved, a short time after coming here, to improve things for the students, and the expats who will follow me, both now, and when I'm gone.
As one of my colleagues frequently offers, "You do as much as you can, for as long as you can."
PS: I love it here! |
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FarGone
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 4:06 am Post subject: |
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| In slang you'll never teach in class: "I feel y', Oggy!" |
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ESL Guy
Joined: 27 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 2:27 pm Post subject: What ever happened to...? |
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Hi folks,
Just wondering..
(Without mentioning names)
Does anyone know what became of the 'S.A. Clique'? |
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