[quote="interteach"]I guess I'm a vet and I haven't been to a fair since the mid 90's. I usually sign up for one in case I need to go, but then cancel when I get a pre-fair job.[/quote]

Hence the signing up being important for two reasons: 1, you might get a job pre-fair (that you probably wouldn't have got if you didn't sign up). 2, you can still go to the fair if you don't.

Sign up.

Single sheet of A4 paper. Has two sides but if your CV/Resume fits on one and hits all the spots then you are in bingo town. Go with it.

I've never heard of it either.

The hardest question is always the one that catches you off guard. Often, it's the interviewer who screws it up by establishing a relationship with the interviewee and then asking something out of left field that is intended to catch the "candidate" out - all rather childish really. The question referred to in the OP is the easiest question in the world to answer for a good teacher - maybe he thought he had the job before he had the interview and he was being checked to see that he didn't have two heads or an axe up his sleeve? Been there - been totally flummoxed by a question and then thought half an hour later, "s*** why didn't I say xyz, it's flinking obvious?" And next time some head or principal or whoever is on the freebie trip to London, Bangkok or San Francisco or wherever asks the same question, you nail it and they snap you up.

I like a lot of the questions in fine dude's posts though - not one of them has a single correct answer. Asked naturally, as part of a conversation that involves a skilled interviewer, they are excellent.

[quote="lightstays"]To wit: it's a way of saying another well-intentioned and innocent expat robbed of his life by thugs with guns.[/quote]

It read more like, "another man down" to me.

[quote="lightstays"]Another man down.

----://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2013/12/05/worl ... E6AE922262[/quote]

Another? Is there some kind of "war on teachers" that we've been missing?

[quote="indogal"]Be very careful with Brazil. I would ask to speak with some employees currently on staff. Brazil is shockingly expensive- for just about everything- and the quality is not good. Also, the taxes are quite high. You pay a lot and get very little in return. The infrastructure is poor, the roads & sidewalks are not well maintained. There is not good public transport available or nice parks to enjoy. So, make sure you will be making enough to live on. While I was in Brazil, they didn't take enough out of my pay so suddenly I would get an email from HR letting me know I owed $4000 for taxes this year- not fun.[/quote]

Whihc Brazil did you live in? Are there two of them?

Go to the fair.

[quote="indogal"]I have heard legends about schools flying their employees business class (usually just for the first flight into the school & last flight out back home after completing their contract) but is it actually true?

Does anyone know of schools that actually do this? And if so, could you tell us which schools?[/quote]

Some oil company schools do this on start up for the initial contracts, sometimes two flights a year. Teachers who "were there from the start" will be on these deals in some of these schools as they are in on a grandfather clause. Unlikely to apply to new staff.

[quote="Yantantether"]Absolute nonsense.[/quote]

Yep, complete and utter bolox.

An article that links an active social life to proximity to beaches should be taken with a pinch of salt and a large waste paper basket.

There is no mileage in pursuing it. Just delete and replace the reference. Unfortunately, there are a (small) number of heads and principals out there who wreck careers because they can. Best not to work for them in the first place but that's not always foreseeable. Delete and replace and get on with it.

It's possible. If he has been teaching in a selective school, and is a maths teacher then he is in with a shot for some of the British International schools that model themselves on UK public schools and take pride in their examination results (A Level or IB) above all else. Progressive British schools or more "international" schools are a different kettle of fish (although not impossible, he might strike lucky and be in the right place at the right time) and might have to wait until he is more experienced. My advice is to apply, apply, apply for those posts that interest you. Good luck!

It certainly comes down to the individual school and its attitude/preferences. In some countries it will come down to immigration regulations and a "British" school offering a British curriculum will find it tricky to get work permits/visas for non-Brits. But in many countries it's a non issue. Same can be said for American schools.

It's not impossible, and even the most British of British international schools employ other native English speakers from time to time. Again, the same can be said for the most American of American schools. If you see a job you are interested in, apply for it - you have nothing to lose.

[quote="mbovi"]English did come from England. I like to stick to the most original form of English[/quote]

"American" English is closer than "British" English to the English that was used in England before the conquest of the new world. Europe was more of a crossroads of culture and external influences and the language endured more changes. So, "American " English could be considered to closer to "original" English. Also, standardized spelling is a relatively recent innovation in the English language.

Really, who cares what form students or teachers use as long it's good, grammatically correct English?