We love our school!

The American School of Doha!!

i have never paid a fee for any credit card... including capital one.

Capital One does not have the 3% fee for overseas use. And they give you 1% cash back.

We have been at the American School for 3 years and LOVE it. Great school for kids! Good housing, save about 50,000$ per year. Not perfect, but now where is....

In Qatar we have a three bedroom villa, 12 foot ceilings, we share a pool and have a maids room out back. Living the dream!

We spent 2 years at FDR.

Lets make this clear. It is a school for 90% rich Peruvians. The kids are mean and spoiled. If I had kids I would NOT move there. If I was single or a couple and you wanted a Latin American experience it would be fine.

School ends at 3:30 and everyone is done, no real school community.

Saying all this Peru is amazing, great travel experiences.

But your kids, especially MS and HS may go through a living hell.

Many folks don't like the Middle East BUT we have 70 different nationalities at our school here in Doha. 20% American is the largest group....

My own kids LOVE it here..... We will stay here until they graduate.

We had 2 cars! but other people took the bus out to the school.
We loved it there!! Saved about 45-50K per year. GREAT school for little kids.... The HS kids did hit the clubs... a lot!


Dark winters... Lots of beer tents and bike rides in the Spring.

GREAT SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1. Best overseas food: JAPAN!
2. Strangest overseas food you have tried: sea urchin, raw from the tank
3. Best beer/spirits Polish Beer tents on a warm spring day!
4. Best festival/event: Taipuson (spelling ?) in KL.
5. Best place you went for vacation while overseas Safari in Kenya/ Amazon River boat cruise.

Bring on the summer!!!

We had commissary (US Embassy Grocery Store) privileges in Warsaw and Lima.

We could buy really good Cuban cigars for 3 bucks each!! It was a nice perk!! But weird since you can't buy Cuban anything back home....

All the better international schools are filling up here. At ASD we have a waiting list a mile long!!! I have heard good things from this new school.

If we get the 2020 Olympics... oh wow!!!

As far as Doha is concerned we love it here. Great house! Tons of sporting events! Our kids are so busy and happy! We just got back from safari in Kenya!

Should save 50k this year.....

If you are married with kids this is a great place!!

I wouldn't put too much stock in some guy who lived in Caro for a few weeks....

We LOVE our school!! (ASD) and we are very happy here. Our school has ZERO problems hiring wonderful, gifted teachers.

Life is very good! Again there are some BAD schools in Qatar.... but there are some great ones too!

The American School of Doha has been a great fit for our family!

Great students to teach, new school building, saving 40,000$ per year.

While in Doha I have gone to professional golf, tennis, soccer, and track and field.

We are busy every weekend, plus we have taken great trips to Sri Lanka, Jordan and Kenya.

I would only work for a non-profit school and I have heard horror stories from other teachers at other schools.....

Maybe PsyGuy needs to listen a bit more and post a bit less.....

An old friend lasted a year there...

Lied about the contract.

Didn't sponsor her husband.

Shoddy housing...

Is that enough??

Yes, that is really low. I make 15,000.

And you MUST have a car! Taxi's are very hard to get off the street.

That school is not the best either..... It would be a way to get your foot in the door..... but it could be a very rough year....

Hope this helps!