fine dude wrote:
> Baku, Riyadh, Kiev, Lagos, New Delhi, and Phnom Penh
i can't speak to any of the others but i wouldn't consider kyiv a hardship location at all.
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- Sun Mar 03, 2019 12:41 pm
- Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
- Topic: What are 'hardship' cities with good international schools?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 34596
- Fri Feb 15, 2019 11:33 am
- Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
- Topic: Bangkok Pollution
- Replies: 111
- Views: 701026
Re: Bangkok Pollution
teacher tan wrote:
> @vsmith
> It's 93, moderate. Source: US embassy
> What's yours?
i used https://aqicn.org/city/bangkok/
well, it's now at 82. when i posted earlier it was 114, maybe it was morning where i am, maybe several hours behind bangkok. i guess perhaps it's night there now.
in any case, i only meant to get the original question back on track.
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> @vsmith
> It's 93, moderate. Source: US embassy
> What's yours?
i used https://aqicn.org/city/bangkok/
well, it's now at 82. when i posted earlier it was 114, maybe it was morning where i am, maybe several hours behind bangkok. i guess perhaps it's night there now.
in any case, i only meant to get the original question back on track.
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- Fri Feb 15, 2019 3:53 am
- Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
- Topic: Moving from China to Europe - advice???
- Replies: 51
- Views: 48932
Re: Reply
PsyGuy wrote:
>
> @vandsmith
>
> We disagree, the only ones saving anything and paying bills are those with
> 2 incomes
yes, that is correct. we are a teaching couple with a kid, so we have two incomes, like the OP.
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> @vandsmith
>
> We disagree, the only ones saving anything and paying bills are those with
> 2 incomes
yes, that is correct. we are a teaching couple with a kid, so we have two incomes, like the OP.
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- Fri Feb 15, 2019 3:34 am
- Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
- Topic: Bangkok Pollution
- Replies: 111
- Views: 701026
Re: Bangkok Pollution
soooo..............
about that bangkok pollution...see that the aqi is at 114 today...
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about that bangkok pollution...see that the aqi is at 114 today...
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- Thu Feb 14, 2019 9:53 am
- Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
- Topic: Moving from China to Europe - advice???
- Replies: 51
- Views: 48932
Re: Moving from China to Europe - advice???
speaking only from our experience, we live in northern europe, and you can find childcare for very young kids - it's about 500-600 USD per month. our school subsidizes staff kids a lot so that figure above will be cut by about 400 USD for early years/pre-school.
savings, as some will explain, is tied up differently but for us (we have a 4 year old now) we still save about 1000 USD per month, after sending about the same home each month. our rent is by and far the biggest expenditure but if you can swing a decent deposit then you can cut that by nearly half. after rent, it's our car lease. then food.
if you are coming with some savings from china already, the first year you probably will need to tap into that a little, but should be able to top it back up after the first year.
again, my advice is based solely my current country, in northern europe.
don't have any advice re: china - probably you will need a police clearance from there, and not a bad idea for birth certificate translated into english and notarized, and get on your original transcripts and all that jazz.
best of luck!
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savings, as some will explain, is tied up differently but for us (we have a 4 year old now) we still save about 1000 USD per month, after sending about the same home each month. our rent is by and far the biggest expenditure but if you can swing a decent deposit then you can cut that by nearly half. after rent, it's our car lease. then food.
if you are coming with some savings from china already, the first year you probably will need to tap into that a little, but should be able to top it back up after the first year.
again, my advice is based solely my current country, in northern europe.
don't have any advice re: china - probably you will need a police clearance from there, and not a bad idea for birth certificate translated into english and notarized, and get on your original transcripts and all that jazz.
best of luck!
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- Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:58 pm
- Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
- Topic: Friendly reminder about new clothes and hiring fairs
- Replies: 41
- Views: 38896
Re: Friendly reminder about new clothes and hiring fairs
It was trivial and funny. And that’s it. Sometimes life is easy.
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- Sat Jan 26, 2019 12:24 pm
- Forum: Forum 2. Ask Recruiting Questions, Share Information. What's on Your Mind?
- Topic: Ichiro examples
- Replies: 19
- Views: 37812
Re: Ichiro examples
does anyone have an example of an "ichiro" they could upload and attach? it doesn't have to be your own but just struggling with the visual right now.
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- Fri Jan 25, 2019 1:30 pm
- Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
- Topic: Looking for some advice
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19979
Re: Looking for some advice
expatscot wrote:
> Sometimes it's a school requiring two years, sometimes it's visas - I think
> China and UAE both require 2 years' experience minimum, so you probably
> need to exclude these. If you can stick out two years in, say, Thailand or
> Malaysia at a bottom tier school, then you might be able to move up, but I
> really think it's better doing them in your own country before moving
> abroad unless there's good reason not to stay.
maybe that's true but my first gig was at a decent school in the UAE with no prior international teaching experience (i had a few years pre-cert esl stuff, but that was it).
point being: don't get your hopes up, but don't exclude anything either based on an assumption. you never know...
good luck!
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> Sometimes it's a school requiring two years, sometimes it's visas - I think
> China and UAE both require 2 years' experience minimum, so you probably
> need to exclude these. If you can stick out two years in, say, Thailand or
> Malaysia at a bottom tier school, then you might be able to move up, but I
> really think it's better doing them in your own country before moving
> abroad unless there's good reason not to stay.
maybe that's true but my first gig was at a decent school in the UAE with no prior international teaching experience (i had a few years pre-cert esl stuff, but that was it).
point being: don't get your hopes up, but don't exclude anything either based on an assumption. you never know...
good luck!
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- Sun Jan 20, 2019 12:44 am
- Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
- Topic: Bait and Switch
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11292
Re: Bait and Switch
oh for p.e.?
not that crazy. lots of teachers, both domestic and int'l, teach pe.
if it was something consistent i'd be worried. usually it's a temporary thing.
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not that crazy. lots of teachers, both domestic and int'l, teach pe.
if it was something consistent i'd be worried. usually it's a temporary thing.
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- Fri Jan 04, 2019 4:19 am
- Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
- Topic: Progressive Education Meaning
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11892
Re: Progressive Education Meaning
i am a bit surprised at you PG, since you have said many times you like the IB kool aid, that you wouldn't see the importance of CT in all levels of education, especially in primary, since the lack of critical perspective, argument, context and history seem to plague students as they move into MS, HS, and tertiary phases. i agree that there are a set of fundamental skills that students need to learn, that will never change (perhaps the specifics will), but in no way does emphasizing critical theory detract from fundamentals - in fact, it allows students to use fundamentals more effectively.
CT isn't all about feelings and "snowflakey" behaviour (a tired word of late) - among other things, it's about perspective, learning to reflect and think in different ways about topics and not simply in a factual, black and white way. do students still have to organize thoughts, plan writing, and write a cogent thesis/essay? of course. i think so-called progressive education tries to strike this balance. why shouldn't students learn the context and history behind coffee production? or waste and consumption?
i suppose i am of the mindset that inquiry, perspective, and context should be emphasized in any curriculum - to me that is progressive education, and in my opinion, is how CT looks in the primary grades. an education without critical thought, reflection, and understanding of context simply gives rise to technocrats and empty bureaucrats and, yes...those guys.
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CT isn't all about feelings and "snowflakey" behaviour (a tired word of late) - among other things, it's about perspective, learning to reflect and think in different ways about topics and not simply in a factual, black and white way. do students still have to organize thoughts, plan writing, and write a cogent thesis/essay? of course. i think so-called progressive education tries to strike this balance. why shouldn't students learn the context and history behind coffee production? or waste and consumption?
i suppose i am of the mindset that inquiry, perspective, and context should be emphasized in any curriculum - to me that is progressive education, and in my opinion, is how CT looks in the primary grades. an education without critical thought, reflection, and understanding of context simply gives rise to technocrats and empty bureaucrats and, yes...those guys.
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- Fri Jan 04, 2019 2:33 am
- Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
- Topic: Progressive Education Meaning
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11892
Re: Progressive Education Meaning
reisgio wrote:
> Critical Theory Has DESTROYED Primary & Secondary Education. This is
> what "they" call progressive.
lol, care to elaborate? what about tertiary ed.? i see it as quite important, actually.
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> Critical Theory Has DESTROYED Primary & Secondary Education. This is
> what "they" call progressive.
lol, care to elaborate? what about tertiary ed.? i see it as quite important, actually.
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- Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:46 am
- Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
- Topic: 2018-2019 Job Fair Diaries
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3392
2018-2019 Job Fair Diaries
In the past, I have enjoyed reading about others' experiences at the various job fairs - there are a couple big ones coming up - and I while I haven't thought that they were ALWAYS super helpful, they were fun to read.
So here's this year's version. Let's hear about them!
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So here's this year's version. Let's hear about them!
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- Wed Dec 19, 2018 11:02 pm
- Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
- Topic: Visible tattoos
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8840
Re: Visible tattoos
it generally isn't an issue unless you're up to your chin in tats, or went tyson one day. if they are generally inappropriate you might have an issue with them being visible.
good luck!
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good luck!
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- Fri Dec 14, 2018 6:03 pm
- Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
- Topic: Masters in Educational and Leadership
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8158
Re: Response
PsyGuy wrote:
> Best would be to go to a global ivy (Harvard Oxbridge, etc.) otherwise
> assuming its accredited a Masters is a Masters is a Masters.
>
> Cheapest youre looking at programs such as the Uni. Portsmouth (UK) which
> has an M.Res in Edu you can do online in one or two years for £4600, they
> have a M.Sc in Ed.Ld over two years thats £7K. UoPe has an M.Ed in Teaching
> thats $2600, that is IB centrist and meets all IB PD, but there
> accreditation is weak. All the programs are 100% online.
do we know that the UoPe is weak yet? or is that based on it being online? for an ib school, it would seem to fit the requirements for a MA with no reservations.
perhaps out of ib - maybe - it wouldn't be recognized... but i guess i'm asking if an ib school could not recognize it? would they have to?
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> Best would be to go to a global ivy (Harvard Oxbridge, etc.) otherwise
> assuming its accredited a Masters is a Masters is a Masters.
>
> Cheapest youre looking at programs such as the Uni. Portsmouth (UK) which
> has an M.Res in Edu you can do online in one or two years for £4600, they
> have a M.Sc in Ed.Ld over two years thats £7K. UoPe has an M.Ed in Teaching
> thats $2600, that is IB centrist and meets all IB PD, but there
> accreditation is weak. All the programs are 100% online.
do we know that the UoPe is weak yet? or is that based on it being online? for an ib school, it would seem to fit the requirements for a MA with no reservations.
perhaps out of ib - maybe - it wouldn't be recognized... but i guess i'm asking if an ib school could not recognize it? would they have to?
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- Tue Dec 04, 2018 2:13 pm
- Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
- Topic: Thoughts please
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8268
Re: Thoughts please
the moscow school is better in all areas except for perhaps the long hours you don't want.
weather in abu dhabi from nov. to march is great. in moscow, the winters are long and dark.
as for the US-RUS relationship, it seems like it has never been better?!! anyone? anyone? mueller? mueller - i mean bueller? my condolences.
what is written on the paid side is pretty accurate, not sure if you're the one who posted it or not...
best of luck!
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weather in abu dhabi from nov. to march is great. in moscow, the winters are long and dark.
as for the US-RUS relationship, it seems like it has never been better?!! anyone? anyone? mueller? mueller - i mean bueller? my condolences.
what is written on the paid side is pretty accurate, not sure if you're the one who posted it or not...
best of luck!
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