I am not a teacher, but I study and live in Maracaibo, Venezuela and am friends with many of the teachers that teach at Escuela Bella Vista here in Maracaibo. Several of my friends have had negative experiences with the school breaking contracts or firing teachers with very little and unsatisfactory explanations. They cheat people out of severance pay, and even regular pay. Every year teachers leave this post in disgust at the way they are treated by the wealthy families who own and are on the board of this school and by the spineless administration who won't stand up for the teachers. If you hold a student accountable for work and they get mad at you and daddy happens to be a board member or related to one, watch out. They will go to the board and you will be sacked for "unprofessional conduct" or some such nonesense. The first time it happened to one of my friends, I started to think that maybe all the stories of the teachers before that left mad and cheated, were true. The second time I knew the rumors where true and the third time I was convinced. Let this be your warning- if you don't mind being promised one thing and given another, or board members who will refuse to acknowledge your complaints or rights and administration that will not back you up then come on over to Escuela Bella Vista. Also it is not safe in this country anymore and the school does nothing to protect the teachers. Last year a man and wife teaching couple got beat up and almost kidnapped while riding in a taxi here. The had knives held to their throats and were dropped off in a bario so dangerous the cops won't even enter it. This was 3 months before school was out and they left in fear for their lives they were not even payed for the last month they worked nor any of their summer pay which they had aready earned. They fought for their rights but eventually gave up and left. It breaks my heart, most of these teachers are lovely people who deserve to be treated better.