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rosensei · Mon 31-Jul-06, 01:13 PM

This is all bullshit.

I work at The New Village and Its a great school. The owners are great, the place is great, and the students are great.

All the above points are petty and sometimes false. This seems to be a personal vendetta against the owner.

If he didnt like you dude, get over it. It probably means the students didnt like you either, which is why you had so much free time.

Anyway, there are people queuing up to work there, including two friends of mine, so your post is meaningless and only serves to damage the reputation of the school.

let me just make a couple of points

the students can cancel at any time without penalty. The fact that they stay is indicative that they enjoy the school. There are more than 100 of them. There are no carpets, only an immaculately clean wooden floor.
They dont have to book and can turn up late up to 15 minutes. This is convenient for the student, and challenging for the teacher, but I have been able to deal with it fine, and so do the other teachers. At the end of the day, no school can guarantee numbers in a class, and if you cant deal with that, youre in the wrong profession (which I suspect)
The students know which teacher will take which lesson two weeks in advance. THerefore if youre not getting many students, or getting lots of free lessons, it is indicative that you are not popular with the students. I have rarely had a free lesson, and most of my lessons have had at least 4 students in them. Any free time you have can be used to plan future lessons, create new materials, mark the student journals or simply hang out with the students in the square.
Brian is a great guy, and is a well known and respected member of the ex-pat community in Kobe. Who are YOU?

And finally you have not recieved various complaints about the school. You have received ONE complaint about various issues. Work on that.

Other teachers have had a good experience there, so until you confirm these vague and spurious allegations you shouldnt blacklist a great school, and someones livelihood.

Ro Ralleigh (teacher at The New Village)

Mon 31-Jul-06, 01:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
rosensei ESL Newbie Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Posts: 1	This is all bullshit. I work at The New Village and Its a great school. The owners are great, the place is great, and the students are great. All the above points are petty and sometimes false. This seems to be a personal vendetta against the owner. If he didnt like you dude, get over it. It probably means the students didnt like you either, which is why you had so much free time. Anyway, there are people queuing up to work there, including two friends of mine, so your post is meaningless and only serves to damage the reputation of the school. let me just make a couple of points the students can cancel at any time without penalty. The fact that they stay is indicative that they enjoy the school. There are more than 100 of them. There are no carpets, only an immaculately clean wooden floor. They dont have to book and can turn up late up to 15 minutes. This is convenient for the student, and challenging for the teacher, but I have been able to deal with it fine, and so do the other teachers. At the end of the day, no school can guarantee numbers in a class, and if you cant deal with that, youre in the wrong profession (which I suspect) The students know which teacher will take which lesson two weeks in advance. THerefore if youre not getting many students, or getting lots of free lessons, it is indicative that you are not popular with the students. I have rarely had a free lesson, and most of my lessons have had at least 4 students in them. Any free time you have can be used to plan future lessons, create new materials, mark the student journals or simply hang out with the students in the square. Brian is a great guy, and is a well known and respected member of the ex-pat community in Kobe. Who are YOU? And finally you have not recieved various complaints about the school. You have received ONE complaint about various issues. Work on that. Other teachers have had a good experience there, so until you confirm these vague and spurious allegations you shouldnt blacklist a great school, and someones livelihood. Ro Ralleigh (teacher at The New Village) Last edited by gfell; Mon 31-Jul-06 at 01:58 PM.