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gulam2



Joined: 19 May 2005
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:47 am    Post subject: Shame International Schools - Shanghai Reply with quote

If anyone has any horror stories about this group (or the group called Shane) please e-mail.If anyone wants to hear about my nightmare with them (or some tales that I have from others - as far away as NZ) please feel free to contact me.
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Lorean



Joined: 21 Dec 2006
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Location: Beijing

PostPosted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Do not go anywhere near Shane!
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loboman



Joined: 19 Apr 2007
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Location: Despite all my rage I'm still just a rat in a cage...

PostPosted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Be a sport - entertain the masses by posting the sordid details.
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LongShiKong



Joined: 28 May 2007
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shane (owned by Saxoncourt, called Global Village in Canada) has not one, but 2 schools in downtown Vancouver. When thinking of getting into TEFL, I asked them if I could sit in some of their classes to see what the job was like-- to observe and make myself available at the teacher's request (voluntarily of course). They flatly refused--something I couldn't fathom.

What initially impressed me about their Chinese operation is the seriousness in which they conduct their application process. After teaching in China for 3 years including school management experience, , they actually turned me down (for a teacher's job in favor of other applicants! My reaction? Wow, this is the school to work for!!! After leaving New Oriental to work for the slightly better-managed Dell English. in Beijing, I briefly visited one of their schools. I do remember seeing actual resource materials (not just course books) in their teachers' room -- a rarity in China -- but somehow, I wasn't as impressed as I'd thought I'd be.
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Lorean



Joined: 21 Dec 2006
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Location: Beijing

PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

LongShiKong wrote:

What initially impressed me about their Chinese operation is the seriousness in which they conduct their application process. After teaching in China for 3 years including school management experience, , they actually turned me down (for a teacher's job in favor of other applicants!


Word: Overqualified.
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Lhenderson



Joined: 15 Dec 2008
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Location: Shanghai JuLu Road

PostPosted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 4:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

They are pure scammers.

Get with the Brit government schools if you want to be the scammer and not the scamee.
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