@AlastairMcA30@rodcampsbay It's great that you're aware. Kudos. Is there any material difference between you and Rod though? You still benefit; you've not given up an ounce of your privilege.
@jsteenhuisen The DA will lose badly outside the WC. You will see such a reversal of previous gains your heads will spin. Get ready for it. It's coming.
@supersonicfibre Absolutely abysmal. Worst company ever. Run far away from pathetically slow fibre speeds and zero customer support. Cheap, nasty service. Call centre always has long queues for tech support. Unreachable. Awful.
@Morne83773758@RonnieRobot@nickhedley Far less complicated country, too, wouldn't you say? Easier to manage, far less baggage. Quite a boring, unremarkable history, for one thing (there are always a few interesting nuggets, but overall quite yawn inducing).
@11thhourspecial @nimorapi Well, look, you're right about professionalizing yourself as much as possible: every second native English speaker holds an 120 hr online TEFL these days (they're thrown out to everyone, like confetti). Takes a bit of effort to stay on top of the pile.
@11thhourspecial @nimorapi Sorry to butt in here, but best of all would be to get the hell out of ELT, I think. It's bound to go even further downhill; the future is platforms, sadly; or the Uberizing of unskilled labour. It 'aint pretty. : )
@flebastian @GeoffJordan16 An ELT is without a doubt the most wretched of the bunch though: at least there's a hint of respectability (or of a"real job") attached to being a teacher teacher. : )
@sandymillin@GeoffJordan16 Yes, ELT are the Uber drivers of education these days: I wonder when someone's going to imagine a wretched platform teacher ("tutor") as a character. : )
@HP Rubbish, cheaply produced products, designed to break and malfunction. No customer support, just infuriating bots giving you useless information. "We got your money, now you can F off."
@PPathole@elonmusk Yeah, his parents basically made hella cash in apartheid South Africa and he then fled back to Canada around the time white minority rule came to an end.