Well thank you for a lot of the comments, a few questions answered from my point of view, about teaching in the LOSneers.
1: From my experience, being liked by your students keeps you in employment..so sorry JJ but it's true. 'Accredited as much as you want'. If they don't like ya then your GONE. that's a fact.
2: I know teachers that teach English that are from Russia, Denmark, Italy...you name it.
3: At least my mates born in the UK..so it's his native language.
4: He does make a difference at his schools, He has had glowing references from all the schools he's worked for. So his only failing is that he didn't expect his life to take this turn, and that he didn't get a degree when he was young. From the way you put it JJ, it's like he's a horrendous criminal?
5: I agree that just because you got a degree from a UK 'Uni' and you sat though years of lectures and gave the examining board what they wanted to hear/read (in some circumstances, no freedom of thought is allowed in some subjects!!) doesn't make a good teacher. But what the hell does???
Just because you got papers to prove it??
Some of my teachers were lousy at my schools in the UK, some teachers didn't give a sh*t, rarely any effort to make sure the kids were working or learning!
IMO being a good teacher means that you convey the text or conversation to the students successfully, and that they obviously know what it means.... Ta Da not bloody rocket science is it really over here.
They're not learning bloody Chaucer for gods sakes are they JJ ???????
so what he's got a blag degree, if he's doing a good job and really actually cares about the students education..so please stop being up your own arse (you know who you are)
Sorry but my degree is in Telecommunications, so should I not be teaching either..also I didn't expect to be married with a baby in the LOSneers either...but such is life. you take it as it comes
