Vlad, I'm going to use your quotes in one last final effort to get my point across to you. Violet understands me now. I doubt you will, but here goes:
vladimir wrote: [1] Dengchao, I did NOT compare myself to the head of ISPP.
[2] One does not have to be qualified to notice widespread problems, or does one have to do an Australian degree in that, too?
[3] You have repeatedly implied that I have stated that I am academically qualified to be a school director/ teacher in a country like Australia. That is untrue, and you know it. I have a genuine degree in a subject relevant to my profession, and, for what it's worth, the dreaded TEFL certificate. Tremble in your insecure typo-laden boots!
[4] I stated that I had been a school director previously and thus had a slightly better understanding of what people in this position have to put up with. Your ranting, beer-inspired argument is based on the premise that because one needs certain qualifications in Australia, a lesser/ locally qualified or employed person is not able to do the job. It's an assumption based on stupid logic, and if you can't see that you shouldn't be a teacher.
[4] Your problem is that people like you (thank God, not many) are concerned about losing money to lesser-qualified people. You should, in fact, be criticising the employers if you are really stupid enough to believe that no one without your qualifications can teach.
[5] Your silly mistakes are not just typographical; they show that your thinking/ concentration is not 100%. That's fine, we all make mistakes, but the problem arises when you tout yourself as some kind of genius.
[6] You might wish to forget it, but we all learn continually. At one stage you were unqualified. Does this mean that you could not ever be teacher material? According to your standards, yes.
[7] Your attacks on me are nothing more nor less than personal, dust in the wind.
[8] I feel sorry for your students if any of this moronic arrogance comes through in the classroom (when you're not sneaking off, nice ethics btw)
[9]
Little man.
1] not explicitly, but you certainly seemed to understand all his problems.
2] you'd need to be allowed to work in ISPP to notice these problems. You will never be allowed in, if you were, I think they'd be quite annoyed at your detection of their problems
3] can you quote me? I said that you imply it on a frequent basis
4 (1st)] Right mate, why didn't you specify where you were a director? As an Australian stating that phrase, you are misleading people into thinking that you were a professional with a much more complex job (yes it is Vlad, you just don't know it because you haven't done it) with a far higher salary.
4] YES! By poaching our professional title you are eroding our prospects and have severely tarnished our collective reputation. In the meantime, calling your job title as the identical western equivalent does nothing to lift your wages.
And there's the other side you don't get: one of my colleagues who on his first contract in Asia told me that he'd never been in a place where saying that you are a teacher makes people's body expression instantly sour. As stated, it may only be 10% of teflers who poison the well, but it should not be poison placed in our well which was doing just fine before the tefl phenomenon... it was mate.
You don't see that but WE DO EVERYDAY and it hurts... it really hurts that the professional title that I have worked so hard for is a dirty word around here.
Here's the Kicker: you say that I am arrogant, elitist, a prick whatever for insisting that unqualified teachers who work as teachers over here (where it is not a profession) choose a different job title!
Can't you see that it's you that is buggering up what we have worked for by taking a title you have no right to?! YOU are damaging US, not the other way around at all!
ALL I ASK IS LAY OF THE TITLE. I don't give a shit about your qualifications etc or how good you think your class-craft is. I REALLY REALLY DON'T!
I wouldn't care if you called yourself any other title at all, but 'teacher' implies professional accreditation when you nominate it as your vocation - the B Ed is one of many pre-requisites for this accreditation. You may not even be awarded registration after you've got it.
It is fine to say that you are working as a teacher. This is not invoking professional status upon yourself.
Every time I tell someone a teacher, they ask, something like: but are you a real teacher. I have to state firmly that I am. Then I feel like a prick, but WE are the ones who have been wronged! How many lawyers, nurses, accountants (all professionals in the West just as a teacher is) have to go through this everytime they answer the question that typically comes up very early in an introductory conversation?
5] Can you quote me where I said that I am a genius?
6] Yes, once I was unqualified. Never once did I call myself a 'teacher' because I was not one. I only told people that I was a teacher when my rego was in hand. Even when I was prac teaching I nominated myself as a student-teacher. To claim profession that is not earned is completely charlatan; I have never been guilty of this
- obviously I had the potential or I wouldn't be sitting on the wicket I'm on now or any of the wickets I've been on previously
- according to my logic ... doesn't even make sense
WHERE YOU ARE AT FAULT: you say that I reckon people without qualifications don't have the ability to be a good teacher; but I did not.
What I said is that you are
not a teacher.
If you have your undergrad already, why not head back and get the dip Ed done, do your intern year, then come on back to a top tier? You would make the money you lost in the two years of study back in your first year as a professional!
You'd be happy with the massive pay hike. I'd be happy that you're true to the bill.
WHERE we are now is that you say you know what makes a good teacher in practice (and at least imply that I think it's all about papers)... BUT YOU ARE NOT A TEACHER AND I AM!
So I think you're really stepping out of line in this case mate. I know that you don't believe this, but we get paid so much more because our experience and training is so much greater. It's not just about the bit of paper mate. We have to do a lot of things to get those pieces of paper and we must conduct ourselves very well indeed. We are held to a higher standard of behaviour than most other citizens; this is fair enough of course.
If you don't agree then you insult us all. You don't know what a western professional's job is because you have never been admitted as one or worked as one. The standards are FAR FAR FAR higher than what anyone could expect from a $10ph casual worker.
- Either I earn in a week what you do in a month because I have a credential and you don't ... OR ...
- My standard of practice is many times better.
I reckon you, and some others, think the former is obviously true Vlad, but I am telling you that you are obviously wrong. There is MUCH more to running an International standard school and curriculum that you have the foggiest notion of.
-They limit their applicants to Western professionals because we provide a very high standard of education.
- parents pay tens of thousands of dollars because of what we empower their kids to do. They probably don't have a clue about our creds.
- jobs are often taken 7-8 months prior to start. Competition for the best professionals at Search and other fairs is fierce. There is no turning up to places the day before you start. It's full-on heavy lifting mate.
I don't bother looking for your grammar mistakes mate because I know any top-tier school in the world would take my resume over yours even if the credentials were cast aside. Myself and all the other professionals you tarnish with your attitude really are at a level of polish that gives us the market power we deserve.
So, do you really know what makes a 'great' teacher Vlad? I'm sure you have a fair idea, I'm not saying that you're incapable of forming a sound opinion... but I bet I know better than you on this subject. This is because my employment record, awards, exit aggregates, word of mouth, and high regard from parents, kids and faculty say the same thing: I am a truly great teacher... I won't bring in wage differences here because I am confident without the need to invoke them... but I command them. Other teachers with the same length of service rarely do.
IF that sounds arrogant then I hope you will pause and reflect for a moment Vlad. I am reacting to what I perceive to be your presumption that your experience is anywhere near mine; I hope I am wrong in perceiving your attitude that I am not really worth my wage [or that you are worth the same or more]. I find this so offensive.
If you're feeling offended too then I don't think you have a clue about the extremely demanding work found at the top academies on the international scene. They are actually spearheads for societies betterment rather than what many jealous people reckon they are.
7] No, it's not personal for the fifth time. I will curb my "attacks" (I think of them as criticisms) on you when you stop taking liberties with my title.
8] The many many senior students that have thrived under me and are now doing medicine in Oxford, Law in ANU etc are excellent kids mate and I love being part of their journey. They accept me as a top academic teacher (which my records have unfailingly attested). I was granted exit classes (G12) as a second year teacher, there were many in the faculty who never got near a senior class even after a decade. I am really good at my profession mate and I take a lot of pride in the excellent aggregates that I never fail to produce.
I know that you will never be let in to one of these classes unless you become a professional and inspire enough confidence in academia to be given a senior class. These are the classes I truly adore and I have typically managed to get 3 our of 5 such classes... this is because the professional admin had a massive amount of faith in my professional ability.
You have no right whatsoever to make any comment on my professionalism even if you had the first clue about me. More than likely you'd find yourself under my line if you ever get into a school I work at... I have seniority, glowing professional references, the highest GPA in both years of Post-Grad Ed, and a brilliant achievement average from my senior classes.
Thanks for telling me about my ethics. Teachers in Aus CAN leave at 3:30 quite legally, it's just not a great look to be going out the door at the same time as the kids; discretely leaving is better. We usually hang around for an hour or so afterwards... you would know this if you had a professional western background. At any rate, you have impugned me unfairly resultant of your own lack of understanding which is a result of your lack of experience as a professional.
BUT:
Not saying you don't have the ability! I have not said that. I say you
do not have the profession. Your job is classified as neither a profession nor trade in this country. It is entry level work that carries no title other than Mr Vlad.
9] I've met you and I know I tower over you in more ways than you can think of... but I won't insult you champ!
* Why don't you just go back and get accredited? Have you got a smudge? You'd be surprised that you can get away with a few really little things from long ago or things that have been decriminalised subsequent to the act. I am mates with one of the teacher reps on the board in Aus. I KNOW you think that's a piss-take mate, but I'm serious.
I won't respond to anything else in this matter. There's no need. All professional teachers and the overwhelming majority of the public understand me. I hope you can.