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Guy Courchesne



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:24 pm    Post subject: Teaching in Cuba Reply with quote
Has anyone ever heard of English teaching jobs or at least exchange programs in Cuba?
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Justin Trullinger



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Exchange programs galore, usually through "Cuba Solidaridad" type organisations- google should turn up a lot.

Some really respectable places to study Spanish, as well.

But I've never heard of paid EFL work in Cuba, though this topic comes around every now and again.

Best,
Justin

PS- Contemplating a move from DF? If you find anything good in Cuba, I'll meet you there!
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Guy Courchesne



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PS- Contemplating a move from DF? If you find anything good in Cuba, I'll meet you there!


If it ever happens, I'll meet you at La Floridita in Havana for the best Daiquiri ever made. Wink

Someone elsewhere on the net was asking, but I had not much more to say than to seek an exchange program, as you did. Thanks for the lead though...
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john_n_carolina



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
...if it were paid, they would get UK teachers. they don't trust the US. they think we're all spies, and most of your apartment would probably
be bugged, including your phone.
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Guy Courchesne



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I would guess Canadian teachers too...Cuba is the only place I've ever been where if someone wants to know where you're from, they first ask 'Are you from Canada?' instead of assuming US first.
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john_n_carolina



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 4:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
..haha --- yes, if you're from up North, you can be sure of a wiretap. Fidel has his own spies also, to spy on his own people. i think if you're caught reading the NY Times, you're sent to the firing squad.
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Guy Courchesne



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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i think if you're caught reading the NY Times, you're sent to the firing squad.


Ooh, now there's a good idea. Cuba should export that...
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john_n_carolina



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 3:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
good idea -- don't know what else there is to do in Cuba, except hanging out at studios like they did on Buena Vista Club....i don't think they'd take you in any school there....probably most schools have English taught by either UK or Cuban Americans from Miami....

on the other hand, their medical research is world class, probably with a lot of help from Russia.
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grahamb



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 3:41 pm    Post subject: Myths about Cuba Reply with quote
"probably most schools have English taught by either UK or Cuban Americans from Miami.... "
Oh, good grief. Permit me to enlighten you. There are plenty of Cuban English teachers, so they don't need to employ foreigners. Given that most Cubans earn the equivalent of 10 - 15 USD a month, it's hardly likely they could afford to pay a foreign teacher. Cubans in Miami head home to visit their families, not to find work. They are either opponents of the regime or economic migrants. Cubans are not anti-American. if they were, there wouldn't be so many of them in Miami and elsewhere.
The present incumbent in the White House is also fond of bugging phones. As for spooks, the CIA has plenty of 'em.
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