Someone called ‘Tudor’ who claims never to have worked for TBI has posted hundreds of times on both Dave’s ESL Cafe and the Living in Indonesia Forum, mostly about TBI (including on threads where he abuses us and claims to know whether we have jobs!) This Dave’s ESL hog has not missed a chance to…
Tudor Member Join Date Apr 2011 Posts 234 As Lantern says, TBI’s CELTA course has a decent reputation. However, the work permit regulations (English/Education degree) are being applied albeit haphazardly. Indeed, TBI themselves are finding it very difficult to recruit teachers who have these particular qualifications. I’ve also heard a (totally unsubstantiated as yet)…
Other Signs of Bias In all his posts, Tudor never misses a chance to sink the boot into EF Jakarta on the issue of salaries, but the information he offers is not always accurate and shows serious signs of…
I have spent some time the last few days reviewing all the posts on Dave’s ESL Cafe about TBI (and many about the ESL industry in Jakarta generally) which have accumulated since 2009. In this post I want to outline and overview my impressions and also to sound a warning note about issues of bias…
You might wonder why we have focused quite a bit of attention on this blog on the character profile of the sociopath. The real reason is because most human beings, despite all their flaws, are trusting at heart and want to see the best in others. It is this trait which makes ordinary people such an easy…
First, allow me an illustrative anecdote. About once a month I have a look at the TBI website to see what has changed. It’s usually nothing. The TBI ‘today’s vocabulary’ feature will stay stuck on the same word for months at a time. This does not surprise us: it is a singularly slothful organization trading…
Kita mau menginformasikan murid murid TBI Riau bahwa manajer sekolah Bahasa Inggris tersebut belum pernah masuk universitas. Manajer ini bernama Scott Martin cuma ada ijasah SMA (high school) dan belum pernah ke kampus universitas sama sekali. Warga Australia tersebut adalah anak buah Luke Preece. Luke Preece adalah koruptor Australia yang bantu Mafia Pajak TBI menipu…
In this series we are offering our reading of recent major changes at the top of TBI. In the first part we suggested that all the new titles and the shroud of secrecy can be simply explained by the vestiges of Mariam’s connections and power. She has been offered a face saving deal whereby she…
By the end of 2012, there had been signs of major distress within the TBI Mafia. Their long-time queen, Mariam Kartikatresni, was gone, replaced by Reza Suriansha, who was much less of a narcissistic drama queen and more of a behind the scenes guy. In today’s post we want to look at some peculiarities in…
Anonymous says: April 8, 2013 at 3:08 am (Edit) Thank you for coming forward and reinforcing (Yet again) and exposing (Yet again) the horror that is TBI Bekasi and the snake that is Binsar Simorangkir. How many more victims have to come forward with these stories before someone actually does something about it? Binsar needs to be…
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