I was recently publish on Guardian sponsored Cactus TEFL.com I wrote an article for the website advising people on life as a TEFL teacher in Poland only they refuse to put my name on it! The following email excerpts are my only proof that I even wrote the damn thing.
To me: ‘I don't know how much you know about Cactus TEFL, but we are a TEFL course admissions and advisory service. We get a lot of enquiries from people who are new to EFL and want information on teaching in specific countries. I am putting together 'country profiles' that will feature on the website, and would really like one for Poland. I have attached one that I wrote based on my experiences in Italy so that you can have a look.’
From me: ‘Your project sounds very interesting and I would have no problem writing a profile for your website. I will try and get it done today but its a bit manic at the moment so it might not be ready until Monday or Tuesday, is that okay?’
To me: ‘Thanks so much for this, it's perfect! I really appreciate it.’
From me: ‘The article looks good! Would there be any chance I could get my name on there somewhere?’
To me: ‘I can certainly understand why you would want a mention on the profile and feel a little awkward about saying no, but we discussed mentioning contributors when we began this project and decided that for several reasons it wasn’t really viable. Perhaps I should have made this clear when you agreed to write something for us. .apologies for this.’
The article can be found here: http://www.cactustefl.com/jobs/TEFL/poland_info.php
Please email me with your interpretations as to what you think the moral behind this story is: info@danielemmerson.com
Sunday, 4 November 2007
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