I think you need to save 30,000 just to have a chance at a decent retirement.

If you can't save that you need to find a better paying school or just go out and teach for a few years and head back home.

We have been doing this 20+ years and have saved around 700,000$. That might not even be enough according to many financial advisers.

The school is going through some tough times...

Tuition is going up 30%. They may have to pay 30 years of back taxes. Visas for teachers are in limbo. All because of the arrest and strip search of the Diplomat in NYC. Hopefully these problems will die down over the next year or so.

I hope you don't have kids....

I wouldn't send mine to any of their schools.

Sands is staying, big bucks will do that.

The school is really going all Qatari. Classes by gender. Lots of Islam stuff.

It is not a good scene, I would avoid at all costs.

Yep, I have heard there are 3 scales. Plus, teachers now pay part of their kids tuition. Not the gold mine of the past.

Word on the street is no airfare and teachers have to pay taxes. Hate it when the board acts like the school is a business.

I think you would be n the 50-55 range. Yes we have special ed. We are adding a section in all MS and HS classes.

We are also all moving to our own compound next year. Pool, fitness center.. etc.

We have really good students!! We are the BEST school in Qatar!

American School of Doha has about 9% Qatari. I think we have the perfect mix of nationalities!

The 2, or even 3 pay scales, would drive me nuts....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... jFcoVci2A4#!

This is a great ending to this story!! We should all try to us
support this man and his efforts!!

He's free and on a flight home!!

Now what to do about that school?? I have heard that some teachers have quit!

Rumor is he is out. Getting his paper work from the police. Getting his passport from Qatar Academy. Spending the night at the Nepal Embassy and getting out tomorrow morning.

Wouldn't it be great if the international community rallied around this guy, donated to his school in Nepal and made something good from this mess!

On a side note:
Eric Sands is the director of QA, I am NOT impressed!!

We still love our jobs here at The American School of Doha!

Just heard a rumor he has been released.

Shame on QA for all this!! Admin at this school should be ashamed!!

This is from his blog......

This is SO wrong on so many levels!

About Me
March 4th, 2013

I was not supposed to have even made it to (primary) school. But I did. Following that, I wasn’t meant to have completed high school. But I did. Going on to an international school in Italy and following that up with tertiary education in the US and Australia was not in the cards! But they happened, against all odds. In other words, I beat the odds!
Ganeshsthan (the first school)

Ganeshsthan: The first “schoolâ€

A Nepalese teacher fired from a prestigious secondary school in Qatar for remarks he made to students last month appeared in a lower Doha court today on charges of insulting Islam.

Dorje Gurung, who taught chemistry at Qatar Academy, was seen by Doha News this morning leaving the court in handcuffs. If convicted, Article 256 of the Penal Code stipulates that he could face up to seven years in jail.

Colleagues, friends and students interviewed by Doha News said Gurung, whose two-year teaching contract was set to expire in July, had been facing problems at QA with students who did not respect his authority, in part due to his nationality.

Two of Gurung’s friends at the courthouse shared with Doha News notes of the teacher’s account of what happened. Here is a summary:

Fateful week

On Monday, April 22, Gurung said he had a sit-down chat with three 12-year-old boys who were making fun of him. Among other things, the seventh graders poked fun at his appearance, calling him “Jackie Chan,â€