SCHOOLS

skywalker123
By skywalker123

Hello,

can any of the parents advise on iqra english school or alarqam academy. how is the standard of education , what is their experienceesp for asian children.

By Aisha-Taweela• 11 Feb 2009 19:42
Aisha-Taweela

I am very offended by your comments. You are a teacher and should know better.

You came here to earn more money than you will ever get at home. But you are not grateful for the things you receive.

Firstly you bash the local culture. Refer to the dress as bedsheet. Shame on you. Do you employ these terms when you are teaching? Are you set on creating a new set of little racists? Shame on you again.

Secondly I teach kids that go to Choeifat on a private basis. They have excellent English. The books they have are very good and have extensive info. I teach them anthology and customs that are referred to in their class material i.e the western culture parts.

Some of the kids in that family also go to English schools and those I have to teach English. Funny, no?

As for the teachers having to follow the system. Get real. No matter where you go you have to follow the system. Just because you came from the UK and want to keep on following a system that you are used to, rather than adapt and learn something new. Who says your system is better? But regardless of that. The school has opted for the Sabis, so that is what you have to follow.

For your info, the system is very similar and probably is, taken from the French schooling system. So will you now attack the French system too?

That kids jabber at each other in Arabic. Why are you complaining about that. THAT IS THEIR LANGUAGE. Just because you can not understand it. If you have previously taught in other Arabic countries, how come you never bothered to learn the language. You are the foreigner here. Shame on you.

Lastly, if you are unhappy about something, there is different ways of getting your point across. No need for insults. But for people like you, I have only one thing to say is, GO BACK HOME. You dont deserve to be here.

Aisha-Taweela

By DohaExplorer• 11 Feb 2009 18:39
DohaExplorer

I find it ironic, actually more like laughable, that you speak of " teaching the children that racism and sexism are wrong."

Insulting the traditional clothes (bedsheets?) and complaining that " a school full of Arabs" is counterproductive to teaching English make me think that I would not want you talking to my children about racial tolerance abd respect for differences. And please, let's not launch into the disucssion of how "objectively speaking" having Arabic-speaking kids in a school lowers the standard of English language education, because even if that is your opinion, there are more respectful ways of expressing it. The comment about "bedsheets" is simply inexcusable.

BTW, I do not have kids in Chweifat and have no experience with it whatsoever, so I am not defending it (or any other school for that matter)

By the_hippo• 10 Feb 2009 21:03
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the_hippo

Having taught in Saudia Arabia, Egypt and now in Qatar, I have heard nothing good about Chewyfat "schools". I have had several colleagues who have had the great misfortune to "teach" at these institutions and their experiences were little short of horrific.

First of all, many Chewyfat "schools" employ "teachers" who are not properly trained or qualified. In some cases, these "teachers" were supposed to be teaching English, but in fact their own command of the language was so poor and so limited that their lessons were almost worthless.

Secondly, the younger children in these institutions are not given age-appropriate materials, just dull text. No colour, no pictures, nothing that can be terned "child-friendly". Play-based learning is actively discouraged.

Thirdly, the "teachers" have to stick rigidly to the SABIS textbooks. Don't try to extend the more able or do reinforcement activities for the less able. Woe betide the "teacher" who does not follow the textbook. So much for differentiation!

Fourthly, it is Chewyfat policy not to allow parents to meet their child's "teachers".

Fifthly, trememndous emphasis is placed on regurgitation and repetition, but any real understanding of what you have learned is discouraged because that might mean deviating from the correct page of the textbook.

Finally, the SABIS schools call themselves "international schools", but really they are just for Arab kids. Of course, all the mothers turn up to school in their black bedsheets and the fathers turn up in their white bedsheets, while the Filipino maids carry the kids' bags for them. The kids just jabber at each other in Arabic all the time and shout insults at their Nepali drivers, so it is a waste of time trying to teach the children that racism and sexism are wrong.

Maybe some of the parents would like their children to learn English, but unfortunately it does not occur to them that sending your child to a school full of Arabs is not a good way to do that.

By skywalker123• 10 Feb 2009 17:44
skywalker123

Alarqam language od education is english and they have separate subjects like quran, hadeeth and memorization. I dont think iqra has such subjects??

By skywalker123• 28 Jan 2009 23:52
skywalker123

also pls give update on their nursery section.as im lookin out for my young child

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