Teaching English (TEFL)

Re: Poll: Qualified or Unqualified - this is the question

Anonymous — Sat, 19 May 2007 10:34:15 GMT

Dear Kelly,

I am a bit concerned with your choice of careers.

Can I ask you a couple of questions? Thanks, baby :-)

1) Are you outgoing and enthusiastic?

2) Do you enjoy being the center of attention?

3) Do you like meeting people. . . and then saying goodbye to them forever soon after?

4) Do you enjoy being stared at?

5) Are the ideas of stability, financial reward and long-term relationships repugnant to you?

6) Do you know what "repugnant" means?

7) Do you enjoy washing your clothes in the bathtub?

8) Does the idea of going out with women or men who like you only because of your passport's color appeal to you?

9) Do you like strange foods cooked in less than sanitary conditions?

10) Are you fond of trying to defend American and British military policies?

11) Do you thrive on loneliness and uncertainty?

12) Do you like cutting up paper into small pieces?

13) Do you enjoy making yourself vulnerable to the whims of rich foreigners?

14) Is the smell of whiteboard markers much like a rare and sensual perfume to you?

15) Is the thought of owning more than one bag of possessions repellant to you?

16) Do you enjoy trying to converse with people who you have nothing at all in common with?

17) Could you easily dispense with such luxuries as a pension or Social Security?

18) Do you drink heavily?

19) Is hot water a luxury you can easily do without?

20) Does the idea of waking up early on a Saturday to try to entertain a room full of hostile nine-year-olds appeal to you?

21) Do you give a crap about the difference between the present perfect and the present perfect continuous?

22) Does the idea of paying $1500 to learn how to do something that you can't save money at sound perfectly logical to you?

Re: Poll: Qualified or Unqualified - this is the question

Anonymous — Sat, 19 May 2007 10:04:33 GMT

Hello there Kelly. I synthesize with you.

I think you need a dose of this.
It changed my life. I hope it helps you too.

Re: Poll: Qualified or Unqualified - this is the question

Kellyc — Fri, 18 May 2007 20:31:29 GMT

Hi,

Thank you of course this is always the case i work for a very reputable language school and i lust say that some of them are not good at teaching, but what if we have paid to be a qualified Teacher and then the teachers that have not paid for this qualification offer lessons either free or not, a lot of the teachers that offer free lessons are always the busiest so have we paid to be a qualified teacher for nothing! To invest in your qualification and choose this career you can't really offer free teaching as how would you ever manage to earn a living, i repsect the people a lot that can offer free lessons to students but in my case this is my job and i need to live.

I am a native English speaker and so therefore of course i know my own language and can help students learn it but i also invested in a TEFL qualification for my own satisfaction.

Regards

Kelly

Re: Poll: Qualified or Unqualified - this is the question

Yankee — Fri, 18 May 2007 08:39:02 GMT

Hi Kelly

I'd put it this way:

I've met more than just a few utterly awful ESL teachers who were TEFL-certified. Good ones too, of course.

I've also met more than just a few terrific ESL teachers who did not have a TEFL certification. Bad ones too, of course.

Qualified or Unqualified - this is the question

Kellyc — Thu, 17 May 2007 00:45:06 GMT

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