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tanachke
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 Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:50 pm Post subject: Horror Stories 2005 |
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Samhain is a few months away and teaching English abroad is what we're all here for. Unfortunately, this forum is probably one of the only ways we can get "insider" information. The kind of information that is vital to us before we take the plunge and move to teach in a distant land.
Was it the pay, students, water, where you lived, culture clash, etc. that was such a nightmare?
I know you all have got some. I want to hear them!
Be sure to include THE YEAR that this happend. (For example, what may have happend in Moskow in 1979 may not still be happening today!)
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donfan
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2001 Korea - hagwans
Children hanging from the ceilings, grumpy and mean director, xenophoic Koreans, having to do split shifts all led to a fairly unhappy existence. I resigned after three months and went on to greener pastures in Taiwan. |
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31
Joined: 21 Jan 2005
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| Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 7:06 am Post subject: |
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| English Time TEFL mills in Istanbul. Hourly pay, visa runs, no minimum salary, no holidays, no sick pay, fake certs and fake degrees, DOSes with no degrees, nutters doing runners and stinking of drink and management that should be running a military prison. |
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thelmadatter
Joined: 31 Mar 2003
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Location: in el Distrito Federal x fin!
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| Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 12:25 pm Post subject: Samhain |
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What does Samhain have to do with "horror"? Its a Wiccan/pagan holiday honoring the dead. "Halloween" would be more appropriate.
Just my 2 cents... |
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tanachke
Joined: 26 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 12:38 pm Post subject: Re: Samhain |
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| thelmadatter wrote: |
What does Samhain have to do with "horror"? Its a Wiccan/pagan holiday honoring the dead. "Halloween" would be more appropriate.
Just my 2 cents... |
October 31st "Halloween" or Nov 1st "Samhain" both serve the same purpose, people are going to dress up like spirits - blahblahblah in both cases horror stories were told for amusement. So far a few other readers have posted and have understood what the topic is about. But since you've obviously missed the point; let me help you.
If you have worked OUT OF your native country and have had a BAD experience in doing so- talk about it. |
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ls650
Joined: 10 May 2003
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Location: British Columbia
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I've never heard or read the word 'Samhain' before, so I looked at dictionary.com...
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2 entries found for Samhain.
Main Entry: Samhain1
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: the first day of November, marking the beginning of winter and a new year for ancient Celts
Etymology: Irish
Main Entry: Samhain2
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: October 31, Halloween; a day of celebration for Wiccans and other pagans; also called November Eve, Hallowe'en, Feast of Souls, Feast of the Dead |
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merlin
Joined: 10 May 2004
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Location: Somewhere between Camelot and NeverNeverLand
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| Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 5:31 am Post subject: |
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| you mean it's November already? |
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Ben Round de Bloc
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:05 pm Post subject: Nov. 1st |
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| merlin wrote: |
| you mean it's November already? |
For some people who post on Dave's, it seems almost every day is the first day of November.  |
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Justin Trullinger
Joined: 28 Jan 2005
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Location: Seoul, South Korea and Myanmar for a bit
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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For some people who post on Dave's, it seems almost every day is the first day of November.
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Or the first of April. |
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valley_girl
Joined: 22 Sep 2004
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Location: Somewhere in Canada
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 1:16 am Post subject: |
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| donfan wrote: |
2001 Korea - hagwans
Children hanging from the ceilings, grumpy and mean director, xenophoic Koreans, having to do split shifts all led to a fairly unhappy existence. I resigned after three months and went on to greener pastures in Taiwan. |
I lasted five months before heading to Taiwan. I win. |
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stillnosheep
Joined: 01 Mar 2004
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Location: eslcafe
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 11:02 am Post subject: |
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| valley_girl wrote: |
| donfan wrote: |
2001 Korea - hagwans
Children hanging from the ceilings, grumpy and mean director, xenophoic Koreans, having to do split shifts all led to a fairly unhappy existence. I resigned after three months and went on to greener pastures in Taiwan. |
I lasted five months before heading to Taiwan. I win. |
Or maybe you lose... |
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Ryumicko
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| And the end of the world is nigh... im sure of it. |
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XXX
Joined: 14 Feb 2003
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Location: Where ever people wish to learn English
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Korea was tough. It takes somebody tough as nails to make it there. I did, but I wouldn't want to do it again.
It took a year in Poland to recover |
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EFLtrainer
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| Currently.... see below. |
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