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[postfundie]

I don't think YBM, Pagoda have anything like this going on. Do they?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUZsbG_8QgQ&feature=related



This commercial makes me want to work there.

[Sector7G]

[edwardcatflap]

They might pull in a few punters like this but I've worked in adult institutes and in my experience the vast majority of students are there to get a better job, TOEIC or IELTS score. They tend to be hard working professionals with very little time or bookish academic female student types, whose idea of fun is to spend a couple of hours in Starbucks. You come across the occasional attractive twenty something who likes to go clubbing but they're very much in the minority.

I bet they're not keen on hiring teachers who crack onto students all the time but at the same time they want their teachers to go to pub nights and the like. The problem is the only teachers who will want to go to pub nights and the like will be those who want to crack onto the students. For those in relationships it'll just seem like work. Catch 22

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[Los Angeloser]

I heard Wall Street makes most of its money on the land/buildings it buys. The English teaching part of their business isn't what makes them money. And they aren't doing well is what I've heard. I think their service is gauranteed, a customer can complain that they didn't learn enough English and receive all money back. English teachers are suppose to pass or not pass students(allow to proceed to next unit) depending on their ability/knowledge in any given unit. If you don't pass the student and the student complains guess who is wrong...Of course the English teacher, for doing his/her job. Good Luck!

[Los Angeloser]

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They organised pub nights with free beer and none of the teachers got drunk or tried to cop off with a student? Wall Street must have discovered the magic formulae for hiring EFL teachers.

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[WadRUG'naDoo]

I don't get the negativity. It's a social gathering once a month that helps improve the student-student and student-teacher relationships. Creates a more comfortable atmosphere in the classroom. And gives everyone something else to talk about in class. It expands.

It's not enabling drinking and driving. Where do you get that? And who's to say the teachers don't get paid for this? Maybe they do.

I saw the teachers and students playing games in a mall here in Shanghai to celebrate Halloween. Candy tossing game. They looked like they were having fun. I don't know about Korea, but tuition at Wall Street here is pretty high and they pay for a year. Something like 30,000 rmb. So they probably pay the teachers fairly well. And the students would expect something in return.

Gets me thinking about that thread on someone's boss trying to get his teacher to visit homes on the weekend. As stupid as it sounds, the boss might've been on the right track, but instead of his idea, he could organize events at the academy once a week/month. Or outside the academy. Maybe on weekends once a month. But not at students' home. Just some kind of gathering once a month at one location. Of course the teacher would be aware of this before signing the contract and get paid for it.

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