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Sophos · Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 4 Location: Tuscany

I'm looking for an English language school in Canakkale. Know of one?

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Weird, i bumped into an old friend yesterday. he is off to Canakkale to teach for a year, so there are jobs.
I used to live in that part of the world. Be warned, the winters are grim.

Sophos · Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 4 Location: Tuscany

Ty dmb. I would be interested in knowing how he gets on. It's the wind that makes it tough so they say.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

He is an old friend from about a decade ago, but I should be able to dig out an email address for him. He is off to be a head teacher there. I didn't ask if it was a dershane,lise, kolej.
I used to live just up the coast and it's the dampness that gets you in the winter. Plus everywhere is shut, or just plain dead.

tavsan0 · Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 62 Location: �anakkale, Turkey

Hi there dmb & Sophos..

I'm not sure if I am the guy that you bumped into last year who was off on his way to �anakkale...but here I am!
Now I just spent all afternoon writing you guys a detailed reply concerning �anakkale & the course I work for. But spent too long writing it and was logged off the site when trying to post it and lost it in cyberspace!! (gRRrR)

So I'll have to rewrite again!!!!

but I have a lesson now So you'll just have to wait till tomorrow. Sorry.

but you can contact via email or messenger if you want:

[email protected] (mail)
[email protected] (MSN messenger)
http://www.myspace.com/roadkillwabbit
(my space profile)

All the best

& yes �anakkale Sucks in the winter BUT there are lot's of reasons for working here...I'll fill you in tomorrow. I never want to teach in Istanbul again...This is the nicest course I've ever worked in.

more to follow....

Golightly · Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 3:34 pm Post subject:

Tavsan Pete, Is that you old mate? Very Happy

Long time no see!

tavsan0 · Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 62 Location: �anakkale, Turkey

This is me! Smile

BUT...lol you forgot to leave your name! Smile

Thanks for the mail anyway.

cheers

Golightly · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:34 pm Post subject:

oh, you remember tavsan....former dos at bakiroy dilko....the fish bar....taking the piss out of Blackadder & Irish Neil....I'll PM you.

tavsan0 · Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 62 Location: �anakkale, Turkey

I have worked in places that paid very well but had a very bad atmosphere or that saw students as Money Cows to be milked.

The reason I like the school I work for is that it's small & that they treat the teachers with respect. They are positive and will go out of their way to help. The Manager here doesn't sit around all day behind his desk giving orders or giving the staff hell like a lot that I have come accross.

He teaches lessons, helps fixes stuff around the building chat's to everyone & makes the students feel happy & welcome. He doesn't drag teachers in for pointless meetings or workshops on their days off and doesn't close classes because of low numbers. He also stands up for the teachers when the bosses try to pass some stupid new rule or policy.

The school is also nice...It has a brand new internet room...(and yes it is connected to the internet!) air conditioned...which a projector that students can use when they want.

Friendly staff with exception of one batty cleaning lady.

Of course the pay's not great compared to Istanbul! Then again Maybe it is. I was paying 500 mil for a one bedroom flat in Istanbul and earning 1.500 mil. This year I earn 2 milyar and pay 500 mil for a three bedroom flat...So my standards have gone up here.

Also everyday living is much cheaper as well.

You can sit by the sea front and have a beer for 3 mil! So it's cheap.
I don't think that you'd save any money working here but you'd live well and have a pleasant laid back teaching year.

PS: Get in touch Golightly

tavsan0 · Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 62 Location: �anakkale, Turkey

ooppsSS I meant 'across' Embarassed

typo

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

I was earning that10 years ago.

Wages have stood still.

Honestly, do you really think that less than 700 pounds a month is good even if you live in the sticks.

I lived in the sticks ten years ago and earned the same.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

tavsan0 · Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 62 Location: �anakkale, Turkey

Yep It's me!

lol...thanks dMb...but why does nobody leave their real names here Smile

So many people say hello to me but I can't always guess from the nick names...

anyway cheers

my MsN messenger is [email protected]
say hi sometime...ok?

Tavsan peter

tavsan0 · Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 62 Location: �anakkale, Turkey

Thrifty....

Yes....I agree that wages have stood still here in Turkey. Maybe it's time to move on. I knew what I was getting into when I agreed to work in �anakkale for a lower wage than I would have gotten in Istanbul...but then again I had my reasons...(My girlfriend wanted to come here) So I don't mind really. Sometimes a positive environment is more important than money. That's how I feel at the moment. After 13 years in the fast lane in Istanbul...�anakkale is a welcome change...

+ my cat is happy to have such a huge flat and a nice garden to hang out in all day...

all the best thrifty dude

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397