TEFL rent a quote of the day
From today’s The Independent*
‘“Culturally, China is so different from the UK or any other western country,” says Sarah Wilson, training consultant at Cactus Tefl, which offers tired and pointless comments about TEFL to any newspaper that they publish their adverts in’
Oh no, I’m sorry, I seem to have copied the last part of that sentence wrong, in the original it was ‘… which offers advice to graduates keen to teach English overseas.’ Although maybe it was the Indy that got it wrong, because I refuse to believe even Cactus came out with as pointless a comment as this:
“One afternoon you could be teaching a board of banking executives in an office somewhere, and then the following morning you might be in front of a class of 35-year-olds: it could be as varied as that!”
This time as in the original article- honestly! Check it out if you don’t believe me. I can’t see how even a rent a quote who desperately wants everyone in the UK to TEFL it through Cactus could see that as varied. Did she say or mean “…you might be in a class of 3 to 5 year olds” or “…you might be in a class of 35 5 year olds” perhaps?? As keen as everyone seems to be to dig some dirt on Cactus, I’m definitely blaming the journalist straight out of NME** for this one.
*a UK newspaper, that used to be broadsheet in so many ways
** A UK music magazine that I used to blame for the state of journalism nowadays, but now seems to be slightly less dumbed down than the newspapers
May 30th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
I was in front of a class of 3 x 35-year-olds today. It was a nightmare. They kept checking their share portfolios, sending out for lattes with a worksheet on the side. Holy cow. Next time, I want just one 105 yr old. At least the coffee will be cheaper.
(Paul, you get the maths?)