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Henry_Cowell · Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 3352 Location: Berkeley

Too bad you never used your DELTA and MSc TESOL to get into program management. But no... You admit that you were simply too lazy!! So you're stuck in the lowly classroom.

Here's where you could be today:

Exciting career opportunities at Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College. We are one of the biggest centres of Further Education in the country and we currently operate across four sites and enrol over 25,000 students annually.

�34,188 - �38,175 pa incl
(Ref: 49/06)

(depending on qualifications)

The 'English for Speakers of Other Languages' Division at our Ealing site is currently looking to recruit a Programme Manager who is qualified to RSA DipTEFL standard (or equivalent). You will be required to teach on a range of courses within the Division and also to help manage the ESOL/EFL programme and diversify the Division's income by generating and embedding new business with local employers and/or overseas clients...

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

[quote="Chasgul"]How much is a computer and internet access in Turkey?[/quote

I bought my desktop computer with printer nearly 6 years ago for about a thousand dollars. I get unlimited internet access for a pittance with doruk net.

Henry_Cowell · Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 3352 Location: Berkeley

[quote="thrifty"][quote="Chasgul"]How much is a computer and internet access in Turkey?[/quote

Dearest "thrifty" --

Don't you remember the tutoring I gave you last year about using the quote function? You've reverted to your old ways. Please don't blame it on the drink.

matttheboy · Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Posts: 854 Location: Valparaiso, Chile

What do you call a man with a spade on his head?
-Doug

what do you call a man with a seagull on his head?
-cliff

what do you call a man with a black bird on his head?

hugh grant.

saloma · Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Posts: 211

Thrifty, have you ever thought about going into business for yourself? Two people I know have managed to start their own schools (admittedly not in Turkey), but others have thought up pretty good money making ideas and made them work.

For example, one guy I worked with struck a deal wih a landlord and rented some mingy apartments off him, he cleaned them up, put in some basic furniture, got the utilities hooked up and rented them out to foreigners at a higher rent. He now only teaches part time as this in his main income.

Or how about setting up somesort of English summer camp for kids? Your kids could participate too. Teaching children's English is an untapped market in Turkey, parent's are not investing in their kid's future at the time when language acquisition is easiest.

You speak Turkish, and have a Turkish spouse to assist, I'm sure if you put your mind to it and took a risk, you could find some outside project to supplement your income.

saloma · Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Posts: 211

Also Thrifty, I am curious, why did you get a TESOL, DELTA and MSc in TESOL? Was it your plan to teach? When you were back in England sponging off your parents and going to school, what was your plan? The three qualifications suggest that you had somesort of ambition.

Your qualifications and claim to be lazy don't add up.

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

No, I had no desire to teach but I graduated in the recession-worst year for graduate employment ever. With a degree in linguistics I was unemployable so after a long stint of manual work I saved up enough for the CELTA and have looked back ever since. As I said I was into TEFL for a while and got more qualifications thinking that that TEFL was better elsewhere.

Starting a business with no capital or experience is not possible but if it is why do you not do it?

saint57 · Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 3:39 pm Post subject:

Hey Thrify, I think you should write an essay and submit it to the ESL Cafe. I'm not joking. Some people want to make a career of it and may benefit from your perspective. Usually we only get brief pieces of information from you. I'd like to know the whole story in 1,500 words or less.

gheid · Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 21

saloma · Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Posts: 211

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

Henry_Cowell · Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 3352 Location: Berkeley

Van Norden · Joined: 23 Oct 2004 Posts: 409

Thrifty, why not try BAE/SDT in Saudi Arabia? They pay around �4000 a month tax-free plus a lot of other benefits. 5 years of that and surely you'd be a new, more positive man.

With your qualifications and experience you'd have a great chance getting accepted there.

saloma · Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Posts: 211