vladimir wrote:
Rick was lucky, he could have been a Language Corpse

Ouch.

20%? ! ? That's a lot of booze.

juansweetpotato wrote:Well not knowing the guy personally, I have heard about him from people who have taken his course. They seem to have eventually gotten good jobs. Not sure if it's their innate abilities or Rick's course. I found a couple of things distasteful about it though. One was the price: comes in at almost the same as for a real CELTA course, about 2/3rds of ILA in HCMC.
And two: they will find you a position at the end of the course but want to take 20% of your salary for quite a lengthy period.
Other than that, I know which ward he is in and who his surgeons are, they seemed to do OK with Nick (although it just seems to have prolonged his agony maybe). I wish the man Good Luck.

I also don't like that they say it's "accredited." Unless things have changed, their accrediting agency is probably some bullshit website that they set up themselves..

I also think it's totally for backpacker teacher. Why pay more for a certificate from an unknown organisation when you can get a Cambridge CELTA, etc, for a lot less? You're either stupid, or they have a good salesman.

I can see their sales pitch now. "Would you rather have a certificate for less money from a far away country like England, or a unknown cert from here on the ground where you'll be teaching? It's all about connections here. We have those."

No employer/school says, "Oh, they studied to teach English in Cambodia at an unknown place? We should hire them! Everyone knows Cambodia is famous for their high quality education offered!"

I believe it also has a few days off just backpacking around Cambodia, which counts for the course.

I bet they likely turn a good profit, finding suckers that have never taught before and promising them a guaranteed shit-pay job while they take 20% off of that.