In this post, I interview again a former TBI Kuningan manager who was instrumental in revealing TBI’s long history of illegal labor scams and also Luke Preece’s history of rigging interview panels and job appointments in favor of his cronies. In this interview, I ask him about his views on latest developments at TBI and…
As we have long shown, TBI is one of the most unprofessional, dishonest and unethical schools in Indonesia and beyond. The discrepancy between the puffed-up self-promotion of TBI managers on their LinkedIn pages and this troublesome little placed called reality is a yawning chasm which is large enough to swallow several ocean-liners whole. Delusional to…
Today we have heard from a Rumah Bahasa victim (calling herself Hollie) that the Rumah Bahasa branch at Sunter Mall has now closed. Former customers are now being directed to the Rumah Bahasa branch at TBI Kelapa Gading, often known as Rumah Bahasa Lotte Mart. This appears to be the last Rumah Bahasa standing, and…
Throughout 2014 the Rumah Bahasa story has provided an interesting counterpoint to the story of TBI. Before a brave teacher came forward and exposed the illegal shenanigans at Rumah Bahasa, this blog had focused exclusively on TBI (The British Institute), a school with its own sorry history of illegal and immoral behavior, all of it…
After the closure of the first thread, TBI wasn’t done yet with trying to turn Living in Indonesia into a vehicle for their disinformation campaign. VardBon might have been gone, but a mysterious new user, ToBellow, turned up and starting say exactly the same things. ToBellow immediately started a scare campaign that was heavy on…
“Disinformation is intentionally false or inaccurate information that is spread deliberately. It is an act of making deceptive and false statements to convince someone of untruth. Disinformation should not be confused with misinformation, information that is unintentionally false. Unlike traditional propaganda techniques designed to engage emotional support, disinformation is designed to manipulate the audience at…
A few days ago we announced the pleasing news that The British Council, already in Medan, will be opening schools in Jakarta and Surabaya too, opening around March 2015. This will provide another respected, reliable alternative to unscrupulous local operators such as TBI (PT. Titian Buama Ilmu) or (even worse), Rumah Bahasa, a rogue school…
As we have long suggested. the TEFL industry is evolving very rapidly in Jakarta and laggards like TBI who are stuck in the 1990s are going to be left rapidly behind. TBI’s ‘no frills’ approach to TEFL worked well enough when Indonesia was an immature market but it is now looking incredibly dated and low-end.…
Have you ever complained online about the service you received from a business? Have you ever liked a comment on Facebook which was critical of a politician or other public figure? Have you ever signed an online petition that might have offended the ‘dignity’ of a powerful person or their business interests? If you said yes to…
Free speech in Indonesia is seriously threatened by the Electronic Information and Transmissions Law (2008), often known simply as the ITE Law, which makes it a criminal offense to “defame” people. Inevitably, this law has become a tool of oppression of the ruling elite. Cases brought under this law typically involve a powerful and wealthy…
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