Comments on: Low Pay, High Qualifications http://www.talktotheclouds.com/2009/12/14/low-pay-high-qualifications/ Teaching, speaking, reading, pondering English Sun, 30 Oct 2011 08:11:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Clarissa http://www.talktotheclouds.com/2009/12/14/low-pay-high-qualifications/comment-page-1/#comment-6659 Clarissa Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:22:13 +0000 http://www.talktotheclouds.com/?p=376#comment-6659 Hi, Chico-- Yeah, that's a bad combination! I've had a lot of apathetic teachers myself over the years. That has a deadly effect on student learning! Hi, Chico–

Yeah, that’s a bad combination! I’ve had a lot of apathetic teachers myself over the years. That has a deadly effect on student learning!

]]> By: chico http://www.talktotheclouds.com/2009/12/14/low-pay-high-qualifications/comment-page-1/#comment-6656 chico Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:22:18 +0000 http://www.talktotheclouds.com/?p=376#comment-6656 Hi, I'm here from emmie's blog. This "low pay" issue has been a serious problem in a classroom. At least at my uni. Low pay, low qualification, low enthusiasm. The worst comb. Having an apathetic teacher in a class is a nightmare for a student like me. I can't afford any absent-minded teachers who's got nothing to share. I totally agree with you!!!This negative chain got to be stopped. Like you have said, teachers don't tolerate the unfair wage and students don't tolerate the unfair quality of the class. Together, the deans and employers must come up with better solution for financial problems. It seems like all eikaiwa schools, jukus as well as other educational institutions are desperate for more students. They should know there are many parents who would send their kids and pay willingly for something worthy. Hi, I’m here from emmie’s blog. This “low pay” issue has been a serious problem in a classroom. At least at my uni. Low pay, low qualification, low enthusiasm. The worst comb. Having an apathetic teacher in a class is a nightmare for a student like me. I can’t afford any absent-minded teachers who’s got nothing to share.
I totally agree with you!!!This negative chain got to be stopped. Like you have said, teachers don’t tolerate the unfair wage and students don’t tolerate the unfair quality of the class. Together, the deans and employers must come up with better solution for financial problems. It seems like all eikaiwa schools, jukus as well as other educational institutions are desperate for more students. They should know there are many parents who would send their kids and pay willingly for something worthy.

]]> By: Chris G http://www.talktotheclouds.com/2009/12/14/low-pay-high-qualifications/comment-page-1/#comment-6634 Chris G Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:30:00 +0000 http://www.talktotheclouds.com/?p=376#comment-6634 It seems to me that the market for English teachers is pretty tainted right now. You have my industry, the <i>eikaiwa</i>, who know they can do whatever they want to their instructors because we have nowhere else to go. The increasing number of people with CELTAs and Masters and the like means greater competition for better jobs, which means they can offer lower salaries as well. And some of the universities I know of up around here don't offer long-term contracts to foreign teachers - you get two, maybe three years and you're done. The image of English teachers (helped in no small part by my industry) is that we're all pretty much interchangeable, and that there's no real skill involved in doing what we do. Add that to the glut of teachers, and we have salaries that top out at what's barely necessary to maintain a visa. While there may be well-paying, stable jobs out there that treat English teachers as skilled professionals, I fear they're few and far between. Or I need to do better research. That's always a possibility. It seems to me that the market for English teachers is pretty tainted right now. You have my industry, the eikaiwa, who know they can do whatever they want to their instructors because we have nowhere else to go. The increasing number of people with CELTAs and Masters and the like means greater competition for better jobs, which means they can offer lower salaries as well. And some of the universities I know of up around here don’t offer long-term contracts to foreign teachers – you get two, maybe three years and you’re done.

The image of English teachers (helped in no small part by my industry) is that we’re all pretty much interchangeable, and that there’s no real skill involved in doing what we do. Add that to the glut of teachers, and we have salaries that top out at what’s barely necessary to maintain a visa. While there may be well-paying, stable jobs out there that treat English teachers as skilled professionals, I fear they’re few and far between.

Or I need to do better research. That’s always a possibility.

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