The management of this school suck. My colleague took her son to this school as she wants her son to study at a full time English kindergarten during his final year of kindy. When the owner found out that my colleague works at a cram school (not a kindergarten, just the 1pm-9pm variety), the owner promptly refused to take the kid into her school, and this was after the owner had just finished saying how “Joe’s” English was better than anyone’s at her school.
I won’t tell you which “Happy Marian” but don’t look under Bart’s butt for any clues.
twonavels replied
[quote]Amos, this is not true. Maybe you should listen to both sides of the story before making a judgement. If you are talking about a different school, I apologise, but I think it’s too much of a coincidence…must be the same place.
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amos replied
[quote] twonavels, I appreciate your loyalty but do please enlighten me as to where I deviate from the truth! My colleague wants her son to study at an all day school, as we cannot provide that option. Upon realising that my students’ mother was ‘unlucky’ enough to be ‘employed’ by another language school, the Happy Marian manager less than courtesly replied “we reserve the right to refuse any children”, then a heap of mumbo jumbo about spying, even with the knowledge that kindergarten classes at Sesame street are infact unavailable. Give me a break, this is absolutely nothing more than a kid wanting to get an education and who was unlucky enough to have a mother working at a buxiban. I’ll finish with the final words of the manager “we’re all in the same business”.
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daltongang wrote [quote]that’s really funny. just count your blessings that they weren’t enrolled there[/quote]
hexuan wrote [quote]I’m not sure why this is in the Flame Forum. twonavels, why did you delete your post ?[/quote]
jeff wrote [quote]hexuan wrote:
I’m not sure why this is in the Flame Forum.
Amos wrote
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My bad Blue Face, I could find the a suitable place to put it. [/quote]
Can you move it to living (or teaching) in Taiwan? It fits both.
brianlkennedy wrote [quote]I liked them more back when they were “Crazy Marian” and had the logo featuring a deranged Pipi Longstocking look-a-like. I always thought their catch phrase should have been “breeding future serial killers”.
Somebody should write a history of English teaching in Taiwan. For example does anyone remember the beer dispensing machines that Ken Ho had installed in ELSI when he was in the liquor business briefly?
Old English Teacher Brian
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blueface666 wrote [quote]brianlkennedy wrote:
Somebody should write a history of English teaching in Taiwan. For example does anyone remember the beer dispensing machines that Ken Ho had installed in ELSI when he was in the liquor business briefly?
Old English Teacher Brian
That’s probably something he’d prefer forgotten. I remember getting 6 cases of Paulaner from him and hauling them out to Hsichih (Xizhi) in a taxi. I was desperate for a decent beer. He was desperate to get rid of it.
And do you remember a Brit named Marek teaching there? The beer machines were his best friends. [/quote]
Maoman wrote