I am seeing an increasing trend of schools to fight back when a teacher makes a complaint. They send out a troop of so-called happy current or even former teachers. They might engage someone to do mudslinging against the person making the complaint and even the site making the complaint.

Here is a comment that I have gotten here making a post talking about a particular entity.

Avoid Teachers in Latin America, it is the organization that is owned by the poster, Guy Courchesne. There are two girls in Playa del Carmin who attest to the poor treatment they received from his organization. And, now he is on the internet trashing every competitive organization out there. Avoid and dont believe anything Guy Courchesne has to say. He has taken his assault to far, he is too personal in his attacks and frankly everyone is getting tired of it. He doesnt add anything to the discourse. He just says bad things about everyone except his company. Hmmm thats funny. How is that only his organization is the best. TEFL Institute is doing a fine job there is nothing bad on the company by any legitimate organization. They do a great job over there. The course is great, its offered at a fair price, and even better you won’t ever find the people of TEFL Institute on the web saying bad things about other people. I am tired of seeing what Guy Courchesne has to say about everyone else. Go away Guy, grow up and find a real job!

Don’t worry, I already shared this with Guy and a simple trace led it back to a certain entity in Chicago. We all know Guy and know this is all a bunch of trash talk, but it just shows the lengths that schools will go to in order to kill a messenger.

Take a look at what Alex Case is going through as well. Bad schools.

It’s a good thing to think about when a teacher is wrong, but even more important is when a school is wrong. In fact, if a teacher is wrong, the worse that can happen is that a good teacher chooses to teach elsewhere and goes for a different job. If a school is wrong, a teacher can not only get stuck in a bad job, but might also have their name slurried in such a way as to never be able to work again in their chosen field.

I have been looking at different TEFL institutes out there, but lately it seems like some courses have been doing bad things. The TEFL Institute Chicago seems to be one such institute. Unfortunately, it has been getting some negative feedback from both TEFLWatch. It seems like The TEFL Institute might not be a good course to attend according to the information that can be found on The TEFL Institute and TEFLWatch.