Did any staff of TBI Bekasi ever complain to you about indecent sexual conduct from Binsar? If so, what? Yes, both Western staff and Indonesian staff often complained of harassment, both sexual and unprofessional (in other ways). Some of the female students often told me they would exit the toilets and Binsar would be waiting in the…
What do you make of the allegations that Cam was universally hated by the Kuningan expat teachers? Have to say the “everybody and his dog hated him and always will” line is getting VERY boring. Is that seriously all they can come up with? a) It’s irrelevant to the point of your website and b)…
What can you tell us about the establishment of TBI Kelapa Gading? The school was opened in 2006 as a Franchise school. It was sold to a group of three different owners / investors by Retty, who was then the Head of Franchise and who had sold all of the TBI franchise schools to investors.…
A former TBI teacher has come forward to make serious allegations against Binsar, the School Manager and Owner of TBI Bekasi. I interviewed him tonight. Here is a record of our conversation. Did Binsar always pay you the promised salary? If not, how much less than the promised amount were you paid? Binsar promised Rp.9…
In this part, we build the case that Platts is a business charlatan, taking Ning and Mariam for a ride. What is your opinion of Ashley Platts as a corporate trainer? He is terrible. I agree. What do you say he is terrible? I found the whole thing difficult to stomach. When Ashley was School…
In this part we explore the wisdom of Ashley Platts, whose enlightened leadership of the TBI-Tanic is now the stuff of legend. Tell me the story about the mobile phone and Ashley. I love that one. This dates from 2007, when I had just started as a teacher at TBI. At that time Ashley Platts…
One of the things which stands out in these interviews is how rarely Mariam’s name comes up. Hence, we have named the next part ‘Where was Mariam?’ We wanted to explore the theory that Mariam’s negligence and incompetence is fundamental to all the problems in TBI. How often did Mariam Kartikatresni visit you individually…
In this interview we discuss TBI’s policy of removing expat managers little by little and ask where Luke and Ashley fit in with this policy. Does TBI have a formal policy of phasing out bule (expat) managers? I have never seen it written down, and it certainly isn’t something that is said to teachers- it…
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