Teaching english in Europe with no degree but TEFL certificate?

Markku Grönroos writes:

You haven't seen 200 euros in your life.

I know it's hard for Europeans to comprehend such large numbers.
However, at some times in my life, I've spent more than that on lunch,
and I've certainly seen much more.

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Mxsmanic wrote:

Markku Grönroos writes:

You haven't seen 200 euros in your life.

I know it's hard for Europeans to comprehend such large numbers.
However, at some times in my life, I've spent more than that on lunch,

What did you eat? Was it a pleasant wine?

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Markku Grönroos writes:

You haven't seen 200 euros in your life.

I know it's hard for Europeans to comprehend such large numbers.
However, at some times in my life, I've spent more than that on lunch,
and I've certainly seen much more.

One certain thing about you is that you are all barmy. You don't even have a
job. Poor sod.

David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
prestwich tesco 24h offy writes:

You've already claimed that _they_ weren't well-paid ...

They aren't.

... so your claim that
"Well, I have yet to meet a well-paid teacher" has a certain currency.

I was talking about teachers in general, not just ESL/EFL teachers.
There are many teachers in my family, and they have never earned much
money at all.

I consider myself well paid.

If you are European, that probably isn't saying very much. Europeans
think that if they can save up for a color TV in less than ten years,
they're doing well.

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David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
prestwich tesco 24h offy writes:

What did you eat?

Duck, mainly, and some other stuff that I've forgotten.

Was it a pleasant wine?

I drank mineral water.

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Markku Grönroos wrote:

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Markku Grönroos writes:

You haven't seen 200 euros in your life.

I know it's hard for Europeans to comprehend such large numbers.
However, at some times in my life, I've spent more than that on lunch,
and I've certainly seen much more.

One certain thing about you is that you are all barmy. You don't even have a
job. Poor sod.

Where do you work, Markku? Oddbinsii Soumi?

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usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk
http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org

Mxsmanic wrote:

David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
prestwich tesco 24h offy writes:

You've already claimed that _they_ weren't well-paid ...

They aren't.

... so your claim that
"Well, I have yet to meet a well-paid teacher" has a certain currency.

I was talking about teachers in general, not just ESL/EFL teachers.
There are many teachers in my family, and they have never earned much
money at all.

I consider myself well paid.

If you are European, that probably isn't saying very much.

I'm a European who lived in the US for over a decade, and still does
work there. I find your generalisations very sad. They say so much about
you, and very little about anything else.

Europeans
think that if they can save up for a color TV in less than ten years,
they're doing well.

Oh dear.

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David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk
http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org

Mxsmanic wrote:

David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
prestwich tesco 24h offy writes:

What did you eat?

Duck, mainly, and some other stuff that I've forgotten.

How was it prepared?

Was it a pleasant wine?

I drank mineral water.

With _duck_!

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David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk
http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org

(David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy) writes:

Mxsmanic wrote:

Markku Grönroos writes:

You haven't seen 200 euros in your life.

I know it's hard for Europeans to comprehend such large numbers.
However, at some times in my life, I've spent more than that on lunch,

What did you eat? Was it a pleasant wine?

You do realise that this is the secret to Mixi's worldview, isn't it?

If your standard for well-paid is EUR 200/hour then the difference
between his genuinely wretched pittance and what we think of as
comfortable will strike you as hardly worth the bother. Same for
food, accommodation, etc. If EUR 200 lunches are your benchmark, why
bother caring about the difference between a "decent" bistro and a
McDonald's? Et so very cetera.

There is no need to tell me that this is an utterly stupid
Weltanschauung ("world-view"), and there is no point telling Mixi
that - self-pity is the only life-raft he's found to cling to since
HMS Interweb capsized, and there is not the slightest chance he's
going to let go.

Des

Martin wrote:

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:07:58 +0100, Tim C.
wrote:

Following up to Mxsmanic :

Well, I have yet to meet a well-paid teacher.
Which is proof that there are none, obviously.

There are no well paid French CEO's in Paris. Remember?

Mixi's definition is so disgustingly stoooopid, it's hardly worth the
comment. But let's!

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