Foxy wrote:

BTW, I never said explicitly or implied you're as bad a fool as the guy I mentionede You're not one, but you can be a bit domineering on here at times, even asking other posters to divulge personal info such as salary.

I ONLY asked that one question that is at all personal, I think, and only because that person said his or her salary was enough, which would then raise the question of how much is enough… I didn't know people were so competitive about their salaries and types of jobs. Some of the statements about who is a real teacher and who has a better job were a bit startling. I didn't think of it as outing someone as having a low salary, but as establishing what amount is enough for what (I know that relative to where and all that).

As for Raoul Duke, he posted some good stuff too. I agree with his view, but not because of his status or perceived status. In fact, he has banned me from his site some years ago, not that I'm regretful about that having happened!

Congratulations. The world of forums can be as nasty as the world of ESL teaching sometimes, and ESL teaching forums can be some of the worst. Yes, even one forum can be overwhelming and a bit of a sand pit.

you can be a bit domineering on here at times

If it seems that way, it's largely in response to the criticism I've received for standing up for teachers rights to get their full12 month salaries. Kind of bizarre to me that so many have gone against me on this. And when one is outnumbered one might be a bit more strident than otherwise. So, if I respond to 4 or 5 people challenging me, it might look like I'm a bully or domineering, but I think it's something else.

You must feel you volunteering yours gives you the right to ask others to divulge theirs!

That came after. I have your standard uni contract and the standard salary to go with it, and share many of the problems of others here. I just thought people should know they are, for lack a better word here, "entitled" to 12 months pay, and if they aren't aware of that then they won't even try to get it. Makes me wonder whose side of the fence others are on.

That said, I won't respond to your next response, should there be one. You can have the last word. Be my guest.
Now a bottle of cheap beer beckons me! Must go now.

I guess we all sound like much bigger @ssholes when we are just type on a webpage. Hard to know sometimes if someone is being ironic or not, just joking or being bitterly sarcastic. No hard feelings on my side. And my

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