The TBI Circus (Kelapa Gading March-May 2012) (Part 2 of 5)
In this series we are examining how Nunu Pratama, the new School Manager of Kelapa Gading, managed to lose 35% of classes from the schedule in just 3 months. We will be showing you the teaching schedule at the end of May, which was provided to us by a disgruntled casual teacher. But before we reach…
TBI Kelapa Gading: March-May 2012 (Part 1 of 5)
One of the more puzzling things (for Cameron) about the whole story of Kelapa Gading was why Luke Preece promised A*** and St**** that they could get visas at TBI Kelapa Gading when they didn’t have an English degree. As Cameron said to me when I asked him about this this morning: Luke (Preece) is…
Socioeconomic Issues in Kelapa Gading
One of the very difficult things about Kelapa Gading was the fact that I had to work very hard to get the owners to accept Indonesian teachers. Kelapa Gading is a high-income part of the city and about 75% of our students were Chinese Indonesian. Many of the Chinese-Indonesians would come in and say outrageous…
Michelle’s Obsession With This Blog (Updated)
Just a short Sunday post to comment on the latest outburst of pure insanity from Michelle. I have put up screen dumps of 12 comments she has ‘dumped’ into the comments box in the space of two days. The crazy thing is, in some of the comments she claims that no one at TBI cares…
6 More Trolling Comments from ‘Mad’ Michelle
Part 54. TBI’s Sinking Standards Discussed
In this part of our ongoing interview series with TBI Mafia Victims, we interview a former school manager of Kuningan and Sudirman about the ongoing culture of sleaze and corruption which has been exposed within TBI Kuningan and beyond. Last month we found an online discussion in the ‘Living in Indonesia’ forum, which discussed the…
Low-Pay Teaching Work with TBI Bogor: Starts May 2013
When you consider that EF offers accommodation and pays Rp 7.5 million, this really isn’t any more than EF pays, is it? The value of the room provided by EF would be, conservatively, Rp 1.5 million a month, so really TBI pays little more than EF at most of its franchise schools. TBI Bogor’s 10…
“Get Away from Luke: He Is Very Dangerous” (Part 5 of 5)
In recent days we have shown the emails which proved that the owner said he regretted I had left Kelapa Gading and the casual teachers saying they were shocked we had left, all from just a day or two after the event. We have shown Lipi’s testimonial which confirms independently that we resigned. I have…
Tax Evasion, Corruption and the Jakarta Elite (From a Great Blog)
ASSET CONCENTRATION AND QUALITY OF GROWTH IN INDONESIA Winarno Zain, AN ECONOMIST Sumber : JAKARTA POST, 30 November 2011 The list of the 40 richest Indonesians as published by Forbes magazine recently revealed the extent of asset concentration in this country. According to the magazine, the 40 richest Indonesians possess combined assets worth US$85.1…
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