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Oreen Scott · Joined: 11 Jan 2008 Posts: 179 Location: Oaxaca, Mexico

MO39 wrote

MO39 · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:58 am Post subject:

Oreen,

Your last post is full of wisdom. I'm with you - I'm going to ignore any future nonsensical and/or nasty messages that dreamon decides to post.

kosherpickle · Joined: 24 Nov 2006 Posts: 93

MELEE · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:46 pm Post subject:

My general policy is to stay out of discussions like this--I don't feed trolls.

But I do have something important to add, so that others can learn a little something about Mexico. I wanted to post this yesterday, but I had work to do.

It is absolutely POSSIBLE for a private language institute to be "validated" by the SEP. If you start looking around you, you will see all sorts of organizations that "sell" education advertizing that they are validated by the SEP. Computer courses, sewing courses, automechanics, culinary schools, and yes even English language institutes. Any place that issues diplomas can have their coursed validated by the SEP and that is printed on the diplomas.

I don't know the details and I don't think this is the appropriate time for speculation, but in these cases the SEP seems to play the role of something like PROFECO (Mexico's better business buearu) in making sure that students get what they are paying for in these educational businesses and it also gives assurance to businesses who hire the graduates expecting that they know something.

Like I said, I don't know the actual nuts and bolts of how it works, but I'm sure if those of you in Mexico City look at advertisements on the street it won't take you more than one day to see some course of some type announcing that it's validated by the SEP.

Okay, you can go back to bickering now.

MO39 · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:44 pm Post subject:

Melee,

Thanks for that useful piece of information. I'm in the middle of a rush translation job, so I won't have time for any on-line bickering till tonight!

MO

JakeJakeJake · Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 135

i missed out on all this! Very Happy

it�s like something out of bigdaikon only less personal

MO39 · Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:25 pm Post subject:

JakeJakeJake · Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 135

the JET forum

MO39 · Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:11 pm Post subject:

We are usually more civilized and helpful (and humorous) on this forum except when led astray by evil trolls!

Jetgirly · Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 741

Question: I am here for five months, teaching at a prepa. I have an FM3 and credentials showing I work at a Mexican school. I am a Canadian citizen, a native English speaker and a seriously crappy Spanish speaker. If I go to say, a museum, and they have different discounts for "national" teachers than "foreign" teachers- which discount should I receive?

Samantha · Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 2038 Location: Mexican Riviera

These sorts of things don't come with a rule book. You would try to get the applicable discount for the situation.

MO39 · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:11 pm Post subject:

sarliz · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 198 Location: Jalisco

Huh. If I give classes privately, should I just whip myself up a teacher ID? I teach small group classes 4 days a week, so I feel like it's a legit thing for me to have. What are some details that a teacher's ID would include?

MO39 · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:37 am Post subject:

MELEE · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 6:17 pm Post subject:

In addition to the school name and logo, my ID has the school's RFC number, my RFC number and my IMSS number on it.