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sea_munky
Joined: 14 Feb 2004
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 Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 1:32 am Post subject: Hiring Discrimination? |
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Hi everyone. I'm new here. I'm interested in teaching english in Southeast Asia. I'm 100% Vietnamese but lived my whole life in California. I was wondering if any/many/most schools would disqualify me or discriminate against me despite my qualifications.
Well, I haven't become TEFL/etc. certified yet because I want to consider this issue before I get started in a career in EFL. I have a B.S. and 3 years of experience teaching science at a local high school.
Any thoughts/tips/stories? Are there any/many non-white English teachers?
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ls650
Joined: 10 May 2003
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Location: British Columbia
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| Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 3:06 am Post subject: Re: Hiring Discrimination? |
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| sea_munky wrote: |
I'm 100% Vietnamese but lived my whole life in California. I was wondering if any/many/most schools would disqualify me or discriminate against me despite my qualifications.
Well, I haven't become TEFL/etc. certified yet because I want to consider this issue before I get started in a career in EFL. I have a B.S. and 3 years of experience teaching science at a local high school. |
1) Yes: for some schools it will be an 'issue' - but I think there are others that are a bit more enlightened and will only care about your skill as a teacher.
2) I would recommend a 4-week TEFL certificate course. Teaching EFL is quite a bit different than teaching science, and I think you'd find the course helpful. Also, some schools will be more likely to hire you if you have the TEFL certificate on top of the B.S. |
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Lanza-Armonia
Joined: 04 Jan 2004
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Location: London, UK. Soon to be in Hamburg, Germany
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| Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 4:09 am Post subject: |
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As stated above, it 'may' be an 'issue' BUT (and it's a big but...) you should have that many problems. I assume that your nantionality is now United States of Yankees, yeah? If that's the case not a prob.
We had a teacher in our school who I could bearly understand. He was from Singapore, had Ozzie nationality and this school hired him (soon fired him cuz he beat a child, a$$hole!).
End of any day, not a prob, enjoy life....
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