Between 2009 and 2012 The British Institute, a formerly well-regarded language school in Indonesia, was taken over by a small group of people who had aided each other in embezzlement, rigging appointments in favour of their cronies and sex partners, and running visa scams where they employed completely unqualified foreigners as “English teachers” by putting…
More bad news from Rumah Bahasa. It simply never stops. A couple of months ago two of their schools closed just weeks after they opened. Frendy Horas, the Chinese-Indonesian owner, negotiated a deal with the mall owners, closed down both schools and promised to refund all his customers. Some customers got refunds who had been…
You might remember UIC Design School, the pet project of the kids of Ning Anhar- the corrupt and nepotistic former USG Director. In 2011 she was so busy diverting TBI funds to UIC Design School (run by her own daughter) that TBI students were denied new furniture or even paint in dirty classrooms! It was…
Wall Street Indonesia has now opened its seventh branch, in the Paris Von Java Mall in Bandung. This is the chain’s first premises outside of Jakarta and hence it marks the first step in its much-vaunted expansion through Java. This is now its third school opening in the past three years, a period when other…
Indonesian long-termers will know that there have never been as many American teachers in Indonesia as Brits or Australians. In this article I’d like to suggest a likely cause for the phenomenon: student debts amongst the “Millennial” generation in the United States. Put simply, American students born in the 1980s and 1990s have started life…
For many years anyone who has dealt with TBI Head Office has quickly worked out that something is very wrong there. Maybe the newcomer noticed their lack of responsibility. Merchandise is out of stock every time you try and order it, and no one ever apologizes for the problem. Or sometimes people learned about the endless…
Setelah sukses membuka pusat pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris di Tangerang pada akhir 2013, Wall Street English melanjutkan ekspansinya ke Bandung, Jawa Barat pada kuartal pertama tahun ini. Presiden Direktur Wall Street English Indonesia Angsuman Rakshit mengatakan keputusannya memperluas jaringan bisnis di Bandung seiring dengan besarnya permintaan masyarakat terhadap layanan pembelajaran bahasa Inggris di kota Kembang tersebut.…
impunity NOUN [MASS NOUN] Exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action: “the impunity enjoyed by military officers implicated in civilian killings” “protesters burned flags on the streets with impunity” There are many good things about Indonesia: spicy food; friendly people who take an interest in others; volcanoes, jungles, reefs and other…
I have observed that actual abusers threaten, bully and make a nightmare for anyone who holds them accountable or asks them to change their abusive behavior. This attack, intended to chill and terrify, typically includes threats of law suits, overt and covert attacks on the whistle-blower’s credibility, and so on. The attack will often take…
Kami dari pihak Rumah Bahasa menutup cabang kami di Season City dan Baywalk adalah sepenuhnya atas kesepakatan bersama antara pihak Rumah Bahasa dan Pihak Mall. Sehingga terdapat win – win solution. Frendy Horas- Rumah Bahasa We just received two more posts from Frendy Horas, the owner of deeply troubled Indonesian language school chain,…
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