tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224367941601110410.post3434606369920654967..comments2024-01-09T05:47:12.466+00:00Comments on <b>The TEFL Tradesman</b>: NOVEMBER is ACCREDITATION MONTH on the TEFL TRADESMAN!The TEFL Tradesmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09213645150599522343noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224367941601110410.post-63389738549353401182014-10-29T02:19:42.862+00:002014-10-29T02:19:42.862+00:00Hmm 17 quid per teaching hour? It's not that g...Hmm 17 quid per teaching hour? It's not that great really. For 25 hours a week that's about 22 grand a year, which is like an entry level graduate job. TEFl in the middle east and you might get some good money. Let's face it, tefl is alright if you do it as a travelling 20 something and then go on to other things later. Once you make it to the dizzy heights of middle eastern TEFL, youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224367941601110410.post-77827258321471810222009-11-21T19:33:46.943+00:002009-11-21T19:33:46.943+00:00Look at the language the dancing happy monday pric...Look at the language the dancing happy monday prick uses. Looks like some northern drivel to me. How these people keeps jobs is beyond me.<br />But soft, is it a pretense of literary type? Like a sort of DH Lawrence type thang. Who knows but it ain't art.<br />Name and address providedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224367941601110410.post-10444727242310051072009-11-21T11:03:33.647+00:002009-11-21T11:03:33.647+00:00Dear anon (above, if, as you state, 'teachers ...Dear anon (above, if, as you state, 'teachers stop coming to work dressed like tramps, stinking of booze and half pissed' then half the EFL schools in the UK would cease to function!<br /><br />But if the schools treat their teachers as an important resource, rather than disposable razors, and pay them a decent salary, then I think you'd find the appearance of EFL teachers changing The TEFL Tradesmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09213645150599522343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224367941601110410.post-78458093974919011032009-11-16T16:40:32.741+00:002009-11-16T16:40:32.741+00:00not all schools are terrible, my school in manches...not all schools are terrible, my school in manchester pays £17 an hour. it is a kind of vicious circle of poor schools and poor teachers. We have all worked at our fair share of rubbish schools but also met a huge amount of rubbish teachers. Neither one works together and neither one has an apprieciation of each other's postion. My school has a really hard selection process, and we work like Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224367941601110410.post-36401050503980002392009-11-11T18:54:01.663+00:002009-11-11T18:54:01.663+00:00It's time we had our own union. If you want to...It's time we had our own union. If you want to read how those at the top in EFL - English UK - act as apologists for keeping wages low, read Mr Mike Wills disgraceful letter in last February's EFL Gazette. Remember, this is from a guy who owns a long-standing successful school - it says all you need to know. <br /><br />We have to organize; at least to the point of pushing people like Ulyssesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224367941601110410.post-81105926837732632442009-11-11T18:24:23.750+00:002009-11-11T18:24:23.750+00:00And why should they care about teachers? That is n...And why should they care about teachers? That is not their job. Everybody has vested interests. If EFL teachers weren't generally such hopeless losers unable to organise the proverbial, they'd probably have a Union or something .Kaptain Krappernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224367941601110410.post-57631749823599887962009-11-11T18:21:06.437+00:002009-11-11T18:21:06.437+00:00Hardly surprising really. English UK is just a col...Hardly surprising really. English UK is just a collection of muppets who collect fees from member schools, and really only have an interest in protecting about 20 of the top schools. They have no interest in teachers, only Agents and collecting their membership fees. <br /><br />Complete waste of space!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224367941601110410.post-3601766685390582522009-11-09T14:36:57.164+00:002009-11-09T14:36:57.164+00:00'Fit and proper person'? That explains a l...'Fit and proper person'? That explains a lot.<br /><br />The Windsor English website now admits that Paul Lowe has failed the accreditation tests, but is still 'seeking to reactivate the process.'<br /><br />No doubt he will be successful. <br /><br />Being a convicted criminal serving a nine month prison sentence for fraud (with a mental illness disclosed in court in his own Clarence Rhodenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224367941601110410.post-49190803005979931962009-11-04T17:57:03.274+00:002009-11-04T17:57:03.274+00:00Thanks very much for that, Agent D. Keep 'em p...Thanks very much for that, Agent D. Keep 'em peeled, wuntcha!>The TEFL Tradesmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09213645150599522343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224367941601110410.post-68144565295019906942009-11-03T18:24:23.741+00:002009-11-03T18:24:23.741+00:00http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/employers/points...http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/employers/points/sponsoringmigrants/registerofsponsors/Agent Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224367941601110410.post-25473673771414917352009-11-03T18:18:34.644+00:002009-11-03T18:18:34.644+00:00The sponsors are listed under lists A and B which ...The sponsors are listed under lists A and B which the UKBA says, <i>'The register of sponsors lists all organisations that the UK Border Agency has approved to employ migrants or sponsor migrant students </i>. <br /><br />a list can be downloaded from the ukba's website at:<br /><br />http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/employers/points/sponsoringmigrants/registerofsponsors/<br /><br />I Agent Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224367941601110410.post-79117053764149425052009-11-03T17:10:10.461+00:002009-11-03T17:10:10.461+00:00One of my 'moles' hidden deep in the bowel...One of my 'moles' hidden deep in the bowels of the Tefl Trade business has just sent me this...<br /><br /><i>"Sandy<br /><br />Downtrodden Teflers might like to note that the UK Borders Agency, who now run the Tier 4 student visas system, DO care a little more about teachers' terms and conditions. As a government enforcement agency, they take a very dim view of flagrant breachesThe TEFL Tradesmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09213645150599522343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224367941601110410.post-33366037283102493032009-11-02T23:48:47.753+00:002009-11-02T23:48:47.753+00:00'drivel'? what sort of pompous prick uses...'drivel'? what sort of pompous prick uses that kinda language these days? ah yeah anonymous fookin' troll, how fookin' cleva. now where was i?<br /><br />Ok, British coontsil. I rang them last week. See thought aye’d lost me certificate thingy what you need to like, show ‘em that you’re suitable an all that. It’s on their ac-cruditation malkarky. This lass answers the phoneBeznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224367941601110410.post-31427597258022067272009-11-02T20:46:03.054+00:002009-11-02T20:46:03.054+00:00Look at this drivel from supposed teachers - and t...Look at this drivel from supposed teachers - and they want more pay?<br />Couldn't make it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224367941601110410.post-19948701731218979702009-11-02T19:41:47.675+00:002009-11-02T19:41:47.675+00:00ya lazy fooka. coupla weeks yu'l be dead. gi...ya lazy fooka. coupla weeks yu'l be dead. gityerselftugetha an rite sum serious stuff bout british c, an im not talkin bout the stoof what you sniff thru yer nose an' smerk. do sumthing brave feronceinyerlife kid.Beznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224367941601110410.post-87240998512487878362009-11-02T17:45:18.351+00:002009-11-02T17:45:18.351+00:00Aye, ir'll be legit an' that. Iss about th...Aye, ir'll be legit an' that. Iss about that The British Coontsil. A couple of weeks an' I'll get round to it, yeh.Shau Rydernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224367941601110410.post-84704466871758377072009-11-02T15:05:53.080+00:002009-11-02T15:05:53.080+00:00Yeah, come on Shaunie - the entire UK Tefl Trade i...Yeah, come on Shaunie - the entire UK Tefl Trade is poised, waiting to pounce on you and your answers! What tasty info do you have? Is it legit? Pull yer finger out, laddy!!The TEFL Tradesmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09213645150599522343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224367941601110410.post-73123044223633846342009-11-02T11:49:16.413+00:002009-11-02T11:49:16.413+00:00Shaun, get off the crackpipe and spil the beanz......Shaun, get off the crackpipe and spil the beanz... fookin let us ave it, our kid.beznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224367941601110410.post-80747817254170780252009-11-01T18:37:46.890+00:002009-11-01T18:37:46.890+00:00Heh. And tee hee. Might send you a little bit of a...Heh. And tee hee. Might send you a little bit of a 'nonymous report soon, lad. Bit more up to date an' that: summat kickin' off soon BC-wise. Don't fookin' tell no-one it were me though, eh.Shaun Rydernoreply@blogger.com