Canadian_anarchist

This is not entirely true. Malaysia and other countries have very conservative laws and social policies. Also, the English teaching industry is not what it was in the early 2000s. Most countries now have enough of their own English speaking population, and the.standards for foreign teachers have increased as a result. Even Vietnam requires a TESL diploma, which requires a degree to take. Any school that would employ someone illegally is not an employer to seek out as they (unsurprisingly) do illegal things in their workplace. Risk of deportation, the school being shut down, not getting paid, etc, is very high. Do not work illegally in another country.

Depending on the great lake it came from, you’ll probably get heavy metal poisoning. Goldfish are edible and supposedly not bad- they are eaten in many countries including Japan.

Expats who stop paying their medical services plan (or whatever it’s called in other provinces) are not covered, hence the ER bill. People who intended to live abroad for a long time often cancel them.

Unfortunately they won’t be able to read it because it was published before 2008.

The title of this article is disingenuous, and the article itself fails to note that K-8 have already been using the proficiency scale report cards for years. Grades 10-12 continue to have letter grades, and that will likely continue for a while longer. That being said, the numeracy and literacy exams grade on the same proficiency scale, it just converts it to a number (1-4 scale). It’s not impossible to apply this system to high school grades, but it will take some getting used to by teachers, students and parents.

Most middle school kids don’t really care about report cards or grades as they know to that they will just be pushed along with everyone else (this is a separate issue from report card formats). The proficiency based report cards will not change this practice. Another note of importance is that official academic transcripts start in grade 10, so everything before it doesn’t really matter, from an academic record point of view.

Considering the anti-LGBTQ+ and pro-conversion ‘therapy’ stance this organization has, they will not be missed if they disappear. There are less discriminatory organizations that people can support.

In a cruel twist of irony, it marks the 20 year anniversary of the 2003 Okanagan Park fire. Most Kelowna residents would have experienced that and are probably retraumatized.

That’s all they get paid? No wonder they can’t retain them.

Most youth vape now though. It’s not likely that this new cigarette labelling is going to get through to the target demographic.

IELTS, CELPIP and TOEFL are all in it to make money - they benefit from a two-year expiry. They don’t even guarantee proficiency, rather they just prove someone can take a test. I remember reading that it takes at least two IELTS tests on average to achieve a score of 6.5 or higher, so that’s at least $500 in testing costs, plus study guides and classes.

The only reason they have legitimatacy is because they are a gatekeeper for many who apply to post-secondary or for PR. UBC is actually the developer of CELPIP under Paragon Testing Enterprises (they sold it in 2021), so it is clearly a money spinner.