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Phil_K · Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 2041 Location: A World of my Own

I wouldn't contradict the Prof. but I question "tasty Big Mac"!

I've often thought that the likes of a) MacDonald's, b) Sanborns, c)Starbucks and d) Berltiz Twisted Evil

have the perfect business model.

1) Offer an inferior product - (a,c,d)
2) Overprice it. (b,c)
3) Give terrible service (b)

Do all this and you will have people queuing at your door to buy your product, and you'll make a fortune. Somehow, I haven't managed to crack it yet!

Prof.Gringo · Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:36 pm Post subject:

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Why aren't the moderators locking this forum?

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Milenka said:

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I think the attitude of "the secretary should do it" speaks volumes.

When I look for teachers, I look for someone who will take responsibility for their students' learning process. I also want that teacher to be reflective. As a teacher enters the grades of his or her students, maybe he will notice that he had a high percentage of repeating students. Maybe the idea will occur to him that he might want to look at what he has done wrong. Maybe the scores on oral exams run higher than the norm. Is he being too liberal with his grading? Or, maybe, he can just give the lists to the secretary and not think about it, because he is off the clock.
Rolling Eyes

I have worked for quite a long time. Whether I was working with attorneys, in a classroom or pumping gas, I have always done more than the minimum expected. There are always things to do that don't show up in the job description (as far as entering grades go, this is part of the job). I have seen many people who have this attitude of entitlement and just do the bare minimum. It is the attitude where, for example, a teacher spills his coffee and knowing that the mop is in the closet right next to his classroom, he, instead, wanders around the school until he finds the cleaning lady. He then watches as she mops up his mess. Of course, he won't be refunding the 10 minutes of pay he spent searching for someone to do his "Mexican" work.

Jetgirly · Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 741

El Gallo · Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Posts: 318

I find it ironic that the advice I got from private school owners, coordinators, recruiters and from the resident sages in this forum was that if I went on my own to teach private students, I wouldn't get paid.

Based on the stories here about private schools not paying and based on my own experience with a crooked private school owner in Tuxtla not paying, I can say I have far less problems with private students (some of whom have been with me for two years). They pay two weeks in advance every other Monday with no problem and, by the way, they pay more than HH or the other private schools where I live.

It's now not worth the Mexican management style degradation, irritation, financial desperation and extra hours for free that I suffered at private schools to even consider their offers of employment now. The only benefit I can see with them is the possibility of health insurance like ISSTE working for a state university. The health insurance I did have with a private school had a $2,500 (peso) deductible and one near had to be on death's bed to qualify for any services.