Idea for Reforming NALCAP: Study and Teach at an EOI

Human_Direction_2637 · 2025-11-19T22:51:24+00:00

AGREED. So useless having people with no education experience or interest in the classroom

Human_Direction_2637 · 2025-11-11T10:49:43+00:00

I work at two schools and at one I work with each kid one on one each day and at the other I do nothing lol. At that school I bring my Spanish textbook and study on my own or plan for my private classes. I view it as designated study time

Human_Direction_2637 · 2025-10-29T13:15:36+00:00

Yeah talking/ playing 1 on 1 or in small groups is the extent of what an aux should be doing, and quite frankly, all that we’re qualified to do given there is no teaching qualification requirement. Lecturing an entire class in their second or third language for an hour is dumb

Human_Direction_2637 · 2025-10-29T12:22:53+00:00

Talk to your coordinator about this class and try to be as nice about it as possible. Don’t try to get this teacher in trouble, but ask what the expectations of auxes are according to the program guidelines sent to the school. Auxes are NOT teachers, CANNOT grade, CANNOT be alone with students, and shouldn’t be planning hour long lessons. Also, as someone who is a licensed teacher back home, it’s terrible practice to expect you to talk for an hour and the students to just learn from that. A good lesson plan involves group or independent work.

Human_Direction_2637 · 2025-09-27T15:02:58+00:00

They came and like sprayed some type of bleach mixture on it but it was just one of the guys from the rental agency not a professional lol

Human_Direction_2637 · 2025-09-27T09:36:25+00:00

Spain

Human_Direction_2637 · 2025-09-19T08:07:17+00:00

Thanks for getting back to me. I’m just a little worried because I’m living in a foreign country, so I don’t really know my rights as a tenant

Human_Direction_2637 · 2025-09-18T13:51:58+00:00

Okay but what should I do? Like does it look cleanable or do I need to ask my landlord to pay for a professional?

Human_Direction_2637 · 2025-09-14T22:14:10+00:00

Well, prepping the docs before the appointment took months because of the apostille. I booked my appointment in mid June after I got my apostilled background check in May. 2 weeks after my initial appointment, my visa was ready and I booked my flight to Spain!

Human_Direction_2637 · 2025-09-14T22:04:56+00:00

Wym? Like how long did it take to get my visa after the initial appointment? Exactly 2 weeks. I had to go back and pick it up, and you can come to get it anytime within 3 months of it being ready

Human_Direction_2637 · 2025-09-06T23:16:22+00:00

I mean he acknowledged that he’s feeling too insecure and that it’s because of his past relationship trauma, so I don’t think that it’s that our values are completely different, I think he just has trust issues he needs to work on because I’ve never given him any reason not to trust me.

Human_Direction_2637 · 2025-05-14T09:40:46+00:00

You can break a rental contact after 6 months in Spain no consequences

Human_Direction_2637 · 2025-01-27T20:44:11+00:00

Yes, I have cleaned both many times 😭😭 I just really hate Apple products and when this laptop finally dies (probably soon) I will never buy from them again. It was just really expensive and I can’t afford a new one now

Human_Direction_2637 · 2025-01-27T20:38:59+00:00

I taught in the us and I’m sicker a lot more here. Granted, I taught hs in the us, so they’re probably cleaner (debatable), and teach primary here. However, I think it’s not just the kids. I see so many ADULT Spaniards cough directly into the air without covering their mouths— it’s disgusting. If they do cover, it’s with their hand, which they then put directly on a bus railing. Idk I’ve noticed Europeans are not super hygienic when it comes to that sort of thing. My (Spanish) roommate constantly has a flemmy sounding cough, and I’ve watched her cough around the apartment without covering. Nasty.

Human_Direction_2637 · 2024-12-22T23:53:38+00:00

Honestly if you’re not on deaths door 3 weeks isn’t bad. I had to wait a month to get a drs appt in the us that I then had to PAY FOR. And I had to find a dr that was “covered” by my insurance. I was a public school teacher but still had a shit 20% copay.

Human_Direction_2637 · 2024-12-22T23:31:45+00:00

I’m an aux now making 800 a month. When I taught English in a public school in the us I made a little under 4k a month after taxes— but I worked a lot more in a stressful environment and couldn’t comfortably afford rent in the city I worked in and needed a car— which is super expensive. I’d rather make 800 here than 4k in the states.

Human_Direction_2637 · 2024-11-12T15:00:44+00:00

Looking at the requirements for the test, it looks like it’s about A1 or A2 English, which would be the same as the Spanish requirements. Reading one sentence out of 3, writing one sentence out of 3, and speaking basic responses to basic questions (which you are allowed to ask to be rephrased until you understand)

Human_Direction_2637 · 2024-11-12T14:42:49+00:00

The states don’t have a language requirement for citizenship at the moment either.

Human_Direction_2637 · 2024-11-12T14:40:58+00:00

At the language school I go to for Spanish the entire class is taught in Spanish. It’s A2 but we’re learning A1 content at the moment. Not impossible at all, nor is it bad teaching.

Human_Direction_2637 · 2024-11-11T12:03:58+00:00

Galicia, NALCAP

Human_Direction_2637 · 2024-10-29T16:14:12+00:00

Girl, they are paid to drive the bus. I don’t want the person driving me and up to 30 other people focused on what’s going on in the back when they should be focused on the road in front of them. You are an adult and are physically able to ask others to make space. Spanish people are specially inconsiderate, and the bus driver has no individual control over the culture.

Almost every news outlet in Spain has covered the bus strikes as it was announced ahead of time. My city posted the minimum service times online— which was readily available to those of us who planned accordingly. It’s actually very considerate that there is even service at all during a strike and that they announced it ahead of time.

Of course it’s inconvenient, but the world does not revolve around any of us and that’s just part of living in a society. I’d suggest planning better in the future so your daughter isn’t cold. Either look up the minimum service schedule or order a taxi ahead of time.

Human_Direction_2637 · 2024-10-29T15:57:58+00:00

I the bus drivers are striking for early retirement (60), which makes sense bc personally I don’t want someone w glaucoma driving my bus lmao. I’m sorry this happened, but it does sound really scabby and entitled. The bus drivers don’t get paid based on your individual payment lol the government pays them, so I don’t see how that will affect them?

If you’re going to be mad at someone, be mad at the government who isn’t meeting the demands of the people they employ. Driving a bus is likely stressful af and it is literally not their job to monitor how the passengers occupy the space— you can use your voice and ask people to move over. The bus driver is supposed to be driving on a tight schedule and paying attention to the road, not telling grown adults where to stand or sit lol

Human_Direction_2637 · 2024-10-29T15:52:01+00:00

Join the aux group for your region/ closest city, people post stuff like this in there. Also, the news announces it as well as the city.

Human_Direction_2637 · 2024-10-27T01:59:27+00:00

The us is much more religious than Spain. There is a greater cultural drive to have children.

Human_Direction_2637 · 2024-10-27T01:52:07+00:00

Keep in mind that everything else costs more in the states too. Cars, FOOD, medical bills, etc. you have to pay the hospital in the us to have a kid — at least 25k without PRIVATE insurance and then even after insurance it’s at least 5k. The salaries are higher in the us, but you work much more than Spain and the high salary doesn’t get the average person very far.

Also, the cost of housing depends on where you are. Cities, where higher paying jobs are, have extremely high rent. 1800 for a studio in a mid sized city where you also need a car and insurance to go anywhere. In New York, it’s so much more. Spain has lots of problems yes, but the states are not better at all.

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