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[OTBDesign]

Hi Everyone...newcomer here...so please be patient!
I was wondering if anyone at all has any information regarding the afore mentioned school?...Salary scales?...Management attitude?..Location?..Accommodation?..Anything at all would be greatly appreciated..

Many Thanks in advance....

[doner]

This is a forum for TEFLers. Why not try a forum for real teachers?

[johnslat]

Dear doner,

"Why not try a forum for real teachers?"

If you don't consider yourself to be a "real teacher," well, you're entitled to your opinion of yourself.

However, having taught everything from Head Start to university in the US, and having spent twenty-two of my thirty-two year teaching career as an EFLer, my opinion is that EFLing is as "real" as any other sort of teaching.

Of course, there are surely "fake teachers" among the EFLers (actually, I met very, very few among the literally hundreds of colleagues I had while teaching abroad), but then there are "fakes" in every other kind of teaching (and, for that matter, in every job/profession.")

So, I rather resent being called a "fake teacher" (I'm assuming that's the opposite of a "real teacher.")

Regards,
John

[doner]

[johnslat]

Dear doner,

But some TEFLers ARE qualified to teach in their own countries (I was, for a lot of my EFL time.)
Moreover, I still don't see why being qualified to teach in one's own country makes one a "real teacher."

To be brutally honest, some of the poorest examples of teachers I've ever run across were/are teaching in the public schools here in the US.

Regards,
John

[OTBDesign]

Mmmm....yes, as a 'real' teacher, this has occurred to me before, and yes, I have also asked for info there too.......naturally, the intelligent thing to do is get as much info as possible, as well as different points of view, no point in taking one persons opinion as gospel is there?

As a TEFler, do you not consider yourself as a real teacher? I for one could no way pretend I could teach a language, therefore would also consider you as a teacher - if you are qualified of course. Unfortunately most language teachers get a bad rep because of the interminable 'back-packer' community; "I know, let's teach English, to earn cash for our travels"......living here in Thailand, there are thousands of such fake impersonators of real teachers. So hey, if you qualified, why not have some pride in yourself and think of yourself as a teacher?....I have 10 years teaching exp.......doesnt mean I know more than you.