Dear LG,

Now in the terms of fairness and politeness, may I (see I ask nicely, as I am a gent, contrary to what you may think) dissect your previous post as you have seen fit to do with mine? I will not quote my previous points, but only your responses to them. Thank you.

Except your opinion is wrong and you know nothing about what is involved in attaining a DELTA. Look it up before you make yourself look even more ignorant.

Why is my opinion wrong? I know a few people who have them. Yes it is great if you want to work for a cliquey organisation like the british council, but I do not, hence I do not need one. It is not a requirement for oral english/conversational english teaching...end of story!!! You make yourself more ignorant when you insist people are not real "teachers" unless they possess one, and we are somehow inferior to you, that is how you come across, in actuality.

You wouldn't want to work with someone who had a minimum of two years classroom teaching experience before they were eligible to sit a year long course about language teaching, the culmination of which is attaining an MA in language teaching? No, I don't suppose you would want to employ or work with someone like that as they would show you up for the fraud you are within minutes.

Actually, I have no problem with the minimum of two years classroom experience....I think that is a good point you have raised, but then how does a teacher or any worker get experience, unless given a chance?

I still think too much education is a bad thing; a real experienced teacher may well have no degree, but his life experiences and ability to relate with people may be better than some smug fool sat in a british council office with MA's in everything under the sun, but they still cannot teach a class of students in China for 45 mins, moan all you like, but it happens. Experience and being personable counts for more really....sorry, but you would still be unemployable in many places, mostly because of your haughty attitude.

So yes I think a degree in English is a good enough starting point.

If you think a 4 week TEFL is better than a DELTA, you really are an imbecile.

If I said it was, I apologize. I still think it is just a money making scam, and that time and money could be better spent improving your teaching by yourself, I don't need some smug goon in a shirt and tie from the british council to tell me whether or not I can manage a class or know about "ice-breakers" and so on. And yes, that is how those like you who have deltas and work at training centres come across, as smug and know it alls. Really you are all nothing more than corporate or government goons, and places like those should be shut down in my opinion, and the owners imprisoned for life.

And I agree a degree is absolutely necessary. I have a first in English literature from Durham. What do you have?

One point we agree on; but I'm not going to post up what my degree is in, nor where it is from. Because then it will lead to a pissing contest, of posting up a .jpeg of said document...and that I will not do, nor expect anyone else to do. I have already mentioned this previously; if for privacy other than anything else, I don't want my full name or mobile number or passport details or hometown known on a public board like this. But literature is a noble subject, of that there is no doubt.

As for the rest of your nonsense about my fictional jealousy or my knowledge of Spain, please do continue, it's your own time your wasting on complete fantasy. Perhaps you should write short stories, you clearly have the imagination required for fiction writing.

Time to wrap this up; ok, it was wrong of me to make assumptions about your life or knowledge of Spain and for that I apologize.But your facebook page does mention madrid (again, getting back to privacy!).

Enough for now, as I have a lesson plan to prepare as I am sure you do.

Cheers,
CT