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Gary Harwell - 2005-01-08
In response to (Message Deleted by Poster) (Fatma Karaaslan)

Fatma,
Unfortunately Robert is correct. Teaching is a business and they are in it to make money. Students vote with their pocketbooks. Owners are not about to say to an empty classroom, "Boy, I showed them."

However, working with Non-Native speakers is always a pleasure. They know the language and when students say "I'll never learn English." I always reply... something about the Non-Native teacher learned English and is an good example of what can be achieved. Learn from them. They know their stuff.

I would suggest a yahoo group called
creativeenglishteachers

It's a great group and they are very supportive. They have lots of mailings with good material and a lot of the members are Turkish. You will find a lot more positive support and feedback there.

Good Luck

Messages In This Thread
(Message Deleted by Poster) -- Fatma Karaaslan -- 2005-01-06
(Message Deleted by Poster) -- Fatma Karaaslan -- 2005-01-10
Discrimination -- Robert Newman -- 2005-01-11
Non-Native Speakers & Discrimination -- Gary Harwell -- 2005-01-08
Non-native; multiple choice! -- Gary Ja la bi -- 2005-01-09
Descrimination -- Robert Newman -- 2005-01-07
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