Ex trainee,

You know, I was trying be slightly inflammatory (and informative) with that last one. Your response was measured, so I think you gave up a little too early. You have what it takes to be a good teacher.

Experience is irreplaceable...it's not possible to be a worse teacher than I was when I started. I had no f**king clue about anything...but over time I improved, and kept on improving...and now I'd compare retention rates with anyone (as that's what truly matters in private ESL schools...and if I were still a teacher).

I too had problems with the recruitment process - it's an open cattle call. Remember i had a guy swear at me ("f**k you, you f**kin think blah blah blah") so not exactly a walk in the park for me either. They'll take anyone cuz they can cut anyone. Unless you are personally recruited most job openings are like this. Apparently things got worse if they had a lawsuit against them, so maybe I don't know about it these days.

I stand by my assessment that if you know what you are doing it is a great place to work - but you'll have to put up with the training and climb the ranks. I had to work every weekend for the first 6 months.

As far as your situation goes...I hope you realize the first characteristic of making headway in this world is figuring out who to listen to. You want people who are where you want to be (or have what you want), and have been where you are. And *no one* else will do. I don't have fibro, but i will point you to what I think are the best sources for health info on the planet:

Joseph Mercola - http://www.mercola.com/

He has a fantastic newsletter (its free, but you have to sign up) and I get my vitamins etc from him.

Kevin Trudeau - http://www.ktradionetwork.com/

His blog and he has a free daily broadcast at 1pm EST weekdays. i find the live streaming sucks, so you can go to ustream and get his channel there and load it like a youtube video (outside broadcasting hours of course). He also wrote the book "natural cures they don't want you to know about."

Both of these guys are heavily derided as crocks in mainstream media (and on the internet)...but that goes back to the first point...who do you listen to? Until you experience it/them for yourself you can't really say one way or another if its good or bad. And its free to find out. I hope you check them out...this was the whole point of my reply.

Aaron

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