text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Schools in Qatar Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Schools in Qatar Goto page Previous 1, 2 Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Qatar View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message idaho_potatoJoined: 09 Feb 2012Posts: 57 Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 2:59 pm Post subject: COMPASS INTERNATIONAL Compass is one of the newer schools which caters for Dutch employees of Shell. It is expanding quickly with a third campus about to open. The Gharaffa Campus, which is housed in a former palace, is experiencing problems with the management. The school principal is leaving at the end of the year. The manager, a very temperamental and difficult woman, is causing her staff a lot of grief. The school is more interested in making a profit than providing education. It charges the highest school fees in Qatar and wants to hire local teachers instead of expats to save money on housing, benefits etc. If you are offered a job with this educational corporation, ask not to be assigned the Gharaffa campus. Back to top idaho_potatoJoined: 09 Feb 2012Posts: 57 Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:41 pm Post subject: Education Reform meet to attract over 400 delegates Wednesday, 21 March By Fazeena Saleem DOHA: The Qatar Universitys second annual conference on Education Reform will begin on Saturday to exchange national, regional and international ideas and best practices in creating learning communities that support educational reform efforts.The conference will be held under the theme Towards Better Learning Communities with over 400 local and international participants, said Dr Hissa Sadiq, Dean, College of Education at a press conference held at the Qatar University yesterday. The choice of this years theme reflects the College of Educations belief that educational development process is a responsibility of all stakeholders in education. Therefore achieving this development goal is only possible through genuine partnership among various parties working in the working in the educational process, said Dr Sadiq. Students, faculty, education professionals, and teachers from independent schools, academic institutions, and government ministries will participate at the conference, including Non-profit organizations in Qatar such as the Family Counseling Center, Al Noor Institute, Qatar Foundation Learning Center and Qatar Center for Volunteers. Also a number of professionals from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Lebanon, Malaysia, Egypt, and Palestine are expected to participate the event.The two day conference with nine sessions and five workshops will feature keynote speech by Dr Marilyn Friend, Professor Emerita of Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro on Better Together: Collaboration as the Foundation of Effective 21st Century Education. Also Professor Sheikha Abdulla Al-Misnad, President, QU will address the opening session on Education Reform in the State of Qatar. A total of 80 papers have been received from across the Gulf and Middle East to be presented throughout the sessions of the conference, said Dr Asma Al-Attiyah, Professor, Mental Health, College of Education and head of the second annual conference on Education Reform organising committee. Also the conference will see two groups of students at the College of Education trained by the Qatar Debates will debate on Qatar University as a Learning Community: a Student Perspective. More than 60 students from colleges throughout Qatar University will attend the debate session. Signing of a strategic Memorandum of Understanding the College of Education and the Arab Educational Training Center for Gulf States will also feature at the conference. The MoU will aim at collaborative training efforts to reflect the spirit of building learning communities.Also an exhibition will feature various topics of research and other educational material and information from the participating students, faculty and institutions during the event. The Peninsula -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back to top landcruzerJoined: 15 Apr 2012Posts: 26 Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 12:42 pm Post subject: Salary Misery for Teachers Quote: Only 42pc school teachers happy with salary: SEC data Friday, 04 May 2012 03:38 Share DOHA: Only 42 percent of the school teachers in Qatar are happy with their salary, shows the just released annual statistical report of the Supreme Education Council (SEC). The report has put the average annual expenses per child in school fees at QR10,910. An average 63 percent of the students are satisfied with the activities at their schools, while 74 percent of the parents are happy with the quality of the curriculum of their wards school. The percentage of students absenteeism in all school is 16 percent while the percentage of students arriving late to school is 14 percent. The seventh annual statistical report on schools and schooling in Qatar provides data on many significant schooling aspects for the academic year 2010-2011. It covers a total 294 schools-Independent, semi-Independent, private, Arab, international and community schools 16,309 teachers and 161,059 students. An average 42 percent of the school teachers are satisfied with their salary, while 40 percent are dissatisfied, says the report. The average job experience of the teachers are 11.4 years. An average 70 percent of the teachers have a bachelors degree, 25 percent have a higher degree, while 5 percent have a lower degree. Five percent of the school principals have qualifications lower than a bachelors degree while 61 percent have a bachelors degree and 34 percent have a higher degree. A teacher spends an average 54.1 hours in a year on professional development. The average age of teachers is 35 years and the average age of school principals is 45 years. 24 percent of the teachers are Qatari, 59 percent Arabs and 17 percent non Arabs. 45 percent of the students are Qatari, 27 percent Arabs and 28 percent non Arabs. Students of the international schools spend more time on home works weekly 2.3 hours on average compared to private Arabic school students and Independent schools students. The average number of computers in a school is 135.3. The largest number of computers is in international schools with 160.8, followed by the Independent schools with 141.2, while the lowest is in Arab private schools with 31.9. The average number of books in the school library per student is 11.3. Dr Hamda Al Sulaiti, director of the Evaluation Institute at SEC which developed the report, said, the report provides the educators and stakeholders with a detailed summary on Qatars schools, schools principles, students, parents and the latest data from the academic year 2010/2011. The report also provides significant comparisons for a selective set of aspects from the academic year 2008-2009 until 2010-2011. THE PENINSULA Back to top mesquiteJoined: 04 Jan 2009Posts: 80 Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 2:31 pm Post subject: Quote: Are they ready ? Saturday, 21 April 2012 http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/191531-are-they-ready-.html Qatar embarked on an ambitious education reform programme in 2002-03 and began converting government schools into Independent Schools under Education for a New Era slogan The idea was to overhaul the school education system and make it such that it would be able to equip studentsmainly nationalsto easily pursue higher education.This, because Qatars long-term goal is to move from a carbon-based to a knowledge-based economy. The education system, therefore, must be able to prepare the present and coming generations of Qataris to take charge.Roughly a decade has elapsed since the reforms were introduced, but sadly, school education in the country remains to make the necessary leap to the New Era. Many students passing out of Independent Schools, that impart education in Arabic, find it hard to qualify entrance tests for various degree courses in American university campuses in the Education City or at Qatar University.As a result, they must attend an Academic Bridge Program of a years duration run by Qatar Foundation to be able to successfully attempt an entrance test.And those wishing to pursue a degree course at Qatar University must attend a Foundation Program, also of a years duration, to pass the entrance test.The focus of both the above programs is to improve English language skills and the knowledge of science and mathematics of Qatari students, especially to enable them to write entrance tests successfully for degree courses in science streams. A number of them, however, fail to make it despite having attended the above preparatory courses. Some of them, however, manage to seek admissions to colleges and universities overseas, in the US, in particular. Qatar University has recently done away with foundation programs for degree courses in streams such as law, Shariah, arts, business and economics and education, arguing that since these subjects will be taught in Arabic, students could be admitted directly.However, students applying for admission to other undergraduate streams at Qatar University are required to attend the foundation program.Qatar University has been sending confusing signals of late as its focus not too long ago was on English, but recently it has shifted its accent back on Arabic.In another development, the university has said it does not require students to have minimum scores in IELTS or TOEFL proficiency tests and a passing score of 70 percent in the foundation program could allow a student to be admitted to a degree course.IELTS stands for International English language Testing System, while the popular TOFEL stands for Test of English as a Foreign Language. Unlike Qatar University, the universities in the Education City are quite clear about what they require of a student seeking admission to their undergraduate courses.First of all, all the courses at these universities are taught in English, so a student aspiring to get admitted to one of these institutions is required to have a very high level of proficiency in the English language.There are no minimum TOEFL or IELTS score requirements for admission to these universities, but students must obtain fairly high marks in these tests.Besides, universities such as Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar, Texas A & M-Qatar and Carnegie-Mellon-Qatar require high scores in SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) or ACT (American College Test) tests for admission.The problem with Qatari students passing out of Independent Schools is that they are taught mathematics and science subjects in Arabic, so they are not familiar with terminologies in English, and many of them struggle with such terminologies even after attending academic bridge or foundation programmes. The pass percentages of these two preparatory, pre-university entrance courses have lately improved a bit, but the figures are not up to the mark, educationists rue.The saving grace, though, is that after a student has attended either of the above two courses and has failed to qualify entrance tests locally, he or she is at least able to get admission to some college overseas, mainly in the US, after taking tests like TOEFL, IELTS, SAT or ACT and obtaining minimum scores.Critics argue that after Qatar embarked on educational reforms in 2002-03, its school system should have been able to equip the Qatari student to pursue higher education, which is modern, in a rather easy way. This is not to suggest that Arabic should not have been accorded importance by these schools but the curriculum should have been developed in such a way that students were proficient in English as well and could be able to easily grasp subjects taught in that language in degree courses.The problem with the so-called new school education in Qatar, according to critics, is that while structural changes were made rather rapidly, schools ignored a key area teachers training.Little or no emphasis was put on training teachers in these schools and orienting them towards the new education system. The result was that the so-called reforms failed to bear the desired fruit. Critics say the schools should have been such that there was no need for students to attend academic bridge or foundation programmes to seek admission to undergraduate courses in universities.Critics describe the issue as serious and argue that since Qatar is aiming for a knowledge-based economy over the long-term, drastically reducing its dependence on hydrocarbon income, it is education that holds the key to its future as it alone can prepare the present and future generations of Qataris to take charge.But considering what has been happening on the early education front in the country, Qatar might not be able to have a knowledge-based economy within the targeted timeframe unless drastic steps are taken to make the educational reform actually work, say critics. The Peninsula Back to top mesquiteJoined: 04 Jan 2009Posts: 80 Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 2:34 pm Post subject: Quote: Science terms in English please, schools told Thursday, 03 May 2012 DOHA: The Supreme Education Council has asked all Independent Schools to teach science and mathematics terminologies in English in primary classes, with Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and International English Language Testing System (IELTS) in Secondary School.The office for independent schools at the Supreme Education Council in a circular has announced that science and mathematics terminologies should be taught in English from grade three.All Independent Schools should allocate two periods exclusively for teaching terminologies at each grade above three. Also non-Arabic speaking teachers qualified and experienced in teaching science and mathematics will be assigned to teach the subjects. It has also instructed the schools to teach TOEFL and IELTS at Secondary Schools as a step in preparing students for higher education.This decision has been taken in the back drop of all universities in the country require students to meet high level of competencies English, mathematics and Science for admission.Qatar University (QU) in February this year unveiled the new structure of its Foundation Programme that does not require minimum scores in IELTS or TOEFL proficiency tests, though it requires a passing score of 70 percent in the Foundation Programme will allow students to enrol in their respective college or programme. In order to register for appropriate courses in the Foundation English and maths programme, all students must first take the online Accuplacer exam which is used to place students in the appropriate English and Math levels. The Accuplacer exam is required for all students entering the Foundation Programme.Besides all courses at the Education City universities are taught in English.A very high level of English is needed in order to read the required course material, write the required exams and papers, make presentations, and engage in discussion and debate both in and out of the classroom.While there is no fixed minimum TOEFL or IELTS score for admission to these universities, the most competitive applicants will have scores of 100 or better on the Internet based TOEFL (600 or better on the paper-based TOEFL exam, 250 or better on the computer based TOEFL), and scores of 7.5 or better on the IELTS. Thus, the Academic Bridge Program play a major role of coaching pre-university students in English, science and math courses, it focuses more on teaching the language terminology in English of these subjects and not so much on mastering new subject matter, since many Independent School students are unable to meet the high requirements of university education. The Peninsula http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/192937-science-terms-in-english-please-schools-told.html [/quote] Back to top blastermillJoined: 30 Aug 2011Posts: 101 Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 5:17 pm Post subject: Thanks to all the Asian schools making constant complaints to the SEC, there will be little autonomy in the private sector. Already overload syllabi and private schools have to teach Qatari history (only 130 years really) and offer Arabic. Most schools will have to extend their hours to fit these classes in with the official curriculum of their respected school. http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/195711-do-pvt-schools-make-the-grade.html Quote: Undeterred by the Supreme Education Council (SEC) rhetoric about disciplining private schools into becoming centres of quality learning, the managements of these institutions continue to behave like mercenaries. http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/195710-disciplining-the-private-schools.html Back to top blastermillJoined: 30 Aug 2011Posts: 101 Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 5:21 pm Post subject: Govt urged to build schools for expats Govt urged to build schools for expats Saturday, 26 May 2012 05:44 BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB DOHA: Qatari government needs to build quality and affordable schools for expatriates as private schools are expensive and do not have enough capacity to cater to the growing demand, experts at a Qatar Real Estate Summit said yesterday. Improving education and health care sectors to cater to a growing number of foreign workers is the need of the hour. Lack of enough affordable and quality schools may work as a deterrent for the calibred labour force choosing Qatar as a career destination, a senior official of the QInvest told The Peninsula on the sidelines of the summit. There are no public schools or government education facilities for the children of expatriates. The private schools do not have enough capacity and they are pretty expensive. This may deter the right calibred people coming to Qatar in future which may impact the process of development, said Craig Cowie, Head of Real Estate Investment and Advisory at QInvest. He said that Qatar will have to improve its education sector. For that it needs to build larger, better and more sustainable schools to cater to the educational needs of the expatriates. http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/195702-govt-urged-to-build-schools-for-expats.html Basically they mean expat Arabs so they can keep the independent schools for Qatari nationals. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Qatar All times are GMTGoto page Previous 1, 2 Page 2 of 2 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. 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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - What's the latest on IPETQ? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in What's the latest on IPETQ? Goto page 1, 2 Next Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Kuwait View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message menace2society32Joined: 17 Aug 2003Posts: 92 Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 4:41 pm Post subject: What's the latest on IPETQ? Ok, I have only found two threads pertaining to IPETQ. Is it a good program to work for? What about accomodations? What about the students? ANY INFORMATION OR ADVICE IS WELCOME. Feel free to PM me. Thank you. Back to top running dogJoined: 20 Oct 2005Posts: 37 Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:51 pm Post subject: Ipetq Despite the bad propaganda I read before I signed for IPETQ, I found them to be satisfactory. They paid on time ($2,000 a month), were courteous in all their dealings and helped in every way possible. If staff fell foul of the law or had health or vacation problems, they did their best. If they still have the contracts with KOC, KPC etc. you'll find the classes co-operative and the facilities excellent. The accommodation is first class .... and yet .............. this is not a top class Gulf gig. It's hard to say why.Maybe it's because Kuwait is just not a very interesting country. Even in its own guides call it the Wales or Belgium of the Middle East. One last point (and this is what remains with me the most) the teaching staff were the rudest, ill-mannered bunch I've ever had the misfortune to meet. Trainees? no problem. Teachers? Paranoid, vindictive, small-minded, back-biting .....if they weren't alcoholic, on another planet, resentful, whatever. MAYBE THE COMPANY WOULD NEED TO TIGHTEN UP ON ITS RECRUITING PRACTICES. Back to top veiledsentimentsJoined: 20 Feb 2003Posts: 17607Location: USA Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 6:49 pm Post subject: I wonder if the situation with the staff is not a result of ITEPQ gaining such a bad reputation because of the problems in the past. Places with a bad reputation will tend to get many of the teachers that no one else will hire. They haven't had any bad press here lately, so perhaps they will be able to turn things around eventually. Many people have successfully used ITEPQ as a first Gulf job and a stepping stone to a better position later. VS Back to top Stephen JonesJoined: 21 Feb 2003Posts: 4124 Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:03 pm Post subject: IPTEQ appears to have a high turnover. This does not create a special dynamic. Also the pay is not that good. It is probably on a par with pay in International Schools in Kuwait, but they are generally pleasant to work in, and you do have some of the longest school holidays in the world. Back to top menace2society32Joined: 17 Aug 2003Posts: 92 Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:09 pm Post subject: What about the benefits? Can someone tell me what benefits are offered, such as medical, dental, etc, etc, sick leave, etc, etc. And what about the behavior of the students? I worked at a commercial high school in the U.A.E. and the students were terribly behaved. I hope it is not that bad. Are the students college-aged? What is the age range and average contact hours each week? Thanks again for the feedback. Back to top Veritas vincitJoined: 06 Jan 2006Posts: 7Location: Thailand Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:27 am Post subject: IPETQ A word of caution: stay away from the Hawalli contract unless you're absolutely desperate for cash. It's a huge contract, over 800 students in two bulidings, & the management leaves a lot to be desired. Most 'Native Speakers' (Co. term) leave well before the year is up never to return, hence the almost constant attempts to recruit. In IPETQ's favour, salaries are almost always paid on time. Against: a) they withhold documentation - passports, degree certificates - for an inordinate length of time. b) processing of visas & obtaining medical insurance cards & IDs can also take months, in some cases more than 7. Accomodation is satisfactory, although no telephone, TV or heater are supplied. Location can be difficult for newcomers as the accomodation is away from malls & entertainment . The accomodation is within walking distance of paved roads. However, sand tracks without drainage can present a problem at this time of year. I hope this proves to be useful. Back to top veiledsentimentsJoined: 20 Feb 2003Posts: 17607Location: USA Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 3:25 pm Post subject: Not that I want to speak highly of ITEPQ, who has had lots of problems, but... A large part of the problem with paperwork is inherent within the Kuwait governmental system. Even the Kuwait University - a government organization - can take FOREVER to get your paperwork done. The norm when I was there was to arrive in August and receive your passport back and your first pay in January. I suspect that they have not improved. Also, in the Gulf, I have never known an employer who provided a telephone, television, or heater. Even with 'furnished flats' those were never included. The best case was a furniture allowance (as the university provided) and you bought what you wanted with the money paid. Sounds like the location of the housing is one of those 'never quite finished' situations that one encounters... one is often surrounded by sand in some neighborhoods. When the employer provides a flat, a good location is usually a crapshoot. I always preferred finding my own with a housing allowance. It's still a buyer beware employer though... tolerable and a paycheck, but don't expect too much. VS Back to top ron7086Joined: 15 Jan 2006Posts: 8Location: Kuwait Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:51 pm Post subject: For "menace"-- You ask a lot of good questions. Find out what you can from contributors to this forum and then...... ask an IPETQ rep/recruiter directly. Ask the same questions. Otherwise, you risk basing your decisions on the biased answers of someone.. like me!! For instance, I asked a lot of questions before I went to IPETQ. I was never lied to, even if I didn't particularly like the answers. In my experience, I had no problem with promises made and not kept. To emphasize a point on which there seems to be agreement, one good point about IPETQ is the pay. They pay on time. In the first few months you will be paid in cash. This is the first job I've had where people hunted me down to give me an envelope of cash. If a minor problem with pay happens, it is quickly fixed. For "running"-- my experiences with the teachers is different. IPETQ has several projects and I have been fortunate to work on a good one with great professionals as teachers. They help one another out without being asked. I have never worked with such a professional group in 18 years of teaching. (And yes, there were a couple of crazies, but they didn't last 90 days). For "veritas"-- the Hawalii project is outside my experience. The problems with documents being held for a long time go back to another posters comments about problems that belong more to the government than just to IPETQ. For "veiled"-- your expression is on the mark. It is tolerable and a paycheck. And it is employee beware. Additionally, IPETQ is not as bad as the "other guys". There are lots of frustrations that go with working in this area (the Middle East). And, with absolutely nothing to do outside work, the frustrations escalate to a boiling point rapidly. My wife and child are experiencing Kuwait with me (so much for the "nothing to do"). Good for me, but I don't know how I will be able to make it up to them. I would not again subject my family to this type of environment. In case it is not obvious, I would advise against bringing a family. As mentioned elsewhere, the management of IPETQ is as helpful as possible. I believe it is completely overwhelmed. This leads to "the squeaky wheel..........." Which brings me back to my original suggestion. Get as much information as possible, then ask IPETQ directly for any clarification. Or prepare to be a very sqeaky wheel. Back to top Veritas vincitJoined: 06 Jan 2006Posts: 7Location: Thailand Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:42 pm Post subject: documentation Veiled Sentiments & Ron: your compliance may be admirable and is, or was, I am sure, much appreciated by your employers. However, I feel it is only fair to point out to any teacher thinking of working in Kuwait that the company practise of (with)holding passports is illegal. According to Kuwaiti law, the passport is to be kept by the holder (see British Tutor Kuwait posting, 02 February, for a second opinion on this topic). We can surmise that companies hold employee passports for practical purposes, the main reason being that it prevents them from doing a runner. This is certainly not unheard of. In fact, a little bird tells me that Ron's (ex) DOS did this quite recently. The passport is the property of the holder. You will need it for several reasons in Kuwait, including ID, when you first arrive, & banking. No company has the legal right to retain it. Back to top veiledsentimentsJoined: 20 Feb 2003Posts: 17607Location: USA Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:58 pm Post subject: I think you misunderstand, veritas. The holding of passports is not an issue here at all. I don't recall any posters on here complaining of their employers holding their passports. But, the employer must have the passport in order to get your work visa put in it. (no iqamas or labor cards in Kuwait) So, the employer has to take the passport in order to inch it slowly through the system. They are not 'holding' it in the sense of Saudi, or many private employers in Oman and the Emirates - who are holding it with the idea that now you can't leave. Once the visa is completed, you get the passport back. But, then if you work for Kuwait University, you can't leave the country without an exit visa in your passport, which involves giving it back to them again to get that put in. As far as I know an exit visa isn't required if you are working for private companies. VS Back to top ron7086Joined: 15 Jan 2006Posts: 8Location: Kuwait Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:41 pm Post subject: For veritas: I like "compliant". There is a word that I haven't heard much describing me. And the appreciation part has yet to appear. At any rate..... The comments of veiled are correct. This particular thread relates to IPETQ and I don't detect or suspect a policy of holding passports for the sake of doing so. And.... I am frequently on the phone/net to inquire as to why something involving my passport takes so long. The US Embassy response to the retention of US passports by other than the one named in the passport is stated unequivocally. It is not allowed. It is somewhat of a telling comment when one can say that the best thing about a place is that it is NOT Saudi. As was noted, passports there are routinely held, but since an exit visa from that country is required, not a lot of folks get upset. I did my time there also, an experience not to be repeated. As my experience here winds down, I'll help out with any specific questions by PM, although I like a public forum. Some questions, such as those related to bringing a family, might not hold the interest of all. Back to top veiledsentimentsJoined: 20 Feb 2003Posts: 17607Location: USA Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 1:32 am Post subject: There may be some people with families here who would appreciate that kind of information. So, I'd say post it here unless it is something that you consider too personal. VS Back to top ron7086Joined: 15 Jan 2006Posts: 8Location: Kuwait Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 7:45 am Post subject: I agree, the public forum is best. Actually, I was thinking of those who might feel uncomfortable with asking questions that THEY think are too personal. With my limited time left here, I am neither interested in nor have the time for clandestine flamewars. Any questions to me by PM would have to be those I could answer in the public forum with "identifying" details left out. See... I do watch the forum and reply. So does IPETQ. (surprise!!) Back to top pangleyJoined: 15 Jan 2006Posts: 17Location: here Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:54 pm Post subject: Ok, Isn't EDU, Qualitas and IPETQ the same company? With that, there's alot to be said about a company that continually changes its name. Back to top ron7086Joined: 15 Jan 2006Posts: 8Location: Kuwait Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 5:20 am Post subject: name changes?? What an interesting idea!! If you were a conspiracy theory advocate, you might think that way. But that would involve secrecy and confidences held. Nothing to do in Kuwait outside work makes keeping secrets an almost impossible task. Not impossible,,,, just unlikely. 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But begin we must if we are ever to tell the tale of my Appalachian genealogy. Let me first state, however, that there may NEVER be a complete tale of one's Appalachian history. As evidence for my statement, let me enlighten you to the fact that I have FIFTY-ONE first cousins on my mother's side alone. FIFTY-ONE! And that doesn't count my paternal side. Sheesh. What a brood! But that's another trait of our Appalachian families... they were large families. One of my greaty-great grandmothers several generations back had seventeen (yes, 17) children. And it wasn't uncommon for a man to be married three or four times, having been widowed several times, and have children by all four wives.
But we'll try to begin here on this post. And we'll begin with my maiden name. Even that, however, is complicated. (Isn't everything?) You see, I was born under the surname "France", however, my father was born under the surname "Francis" as was my oldest brother. There was some sort of mixup with the spelling of the name and it became so confusing that finally my mom and dad had to deed their own land to themselves to effectuate a name correction. From that point on we went by the name of France, not Francis. But I have a nephew, Dr. Bryan Francis of Williamson, WV who still uses his father's surname (my late brother) that being Francis. So I identify my maiden name as France, and/or Francis. Other spellings of the same last name include Frances and the derivative "French". So if you are any one of those and if you have ancestors who crossed paths in the Appalachians before spreading on westward and northward or southward, then you and I might be distantly related.
Which brings me to another point... Sometimes it seems that at least in this neck of the woods, I may be distantly related to everyone. Not actually, of course, but there is such a sense of community and past and such that we feel related because we are connected in a social sense. We even call our elder people "Aunt" and "Uncle" when they are no blood relation simply out of respect. Most of us have been taught that from a young age.
Now about my France or Francis family:
It seems that there was a William Francis, Sr. who started all this here in Pike County a long, long time ago. Grandpa Francis was born around 1795 in Virginia. He never used his full name but it is thought that his middle name was Howard. Evidently Grandpa Francis was not much of a businessman...as he traded 1,600 acres of his land for a hounddog. It is also said he traded some more land for a milk cow. It would appear that they saw him coming. Either that or land was plentiful back then, which it would have been.
When Grandpa William Francis, Sr. moved from what is now Russell County, Virginia to Pike County, Kentucky, the trip took five weeks by wagon and he brought with him a Cherokee Indian wife and that's how he became known as "squaw man" ... a name I also affectionately call my husband because he calls me "squaw".
Grandpa William is shown to have been married to a Delilah Francis (we believe this to be the Cherokee Indian wife he brought with him) and they had at least seven children including William Francis, Jr., my grandfather.
WILLIAM FRANCIS, Jr.
William Francis Jr. was born in 1817 and died in 1863 in Pike County, Peter Creek, Kentucky.
He was married to Margaret Bouney (daughter of Sarah Mullins Bouney and Joseph Bouney --my Revolutionary War grandfather).
William, Jr. had William (the third or "Bud" as he was called). Grandpa "Bud" Francis was born in 1853 and he died in 1917. He married Tylithy Hylton., daughter of Susannah Griffith Hylton and James Hylton. Tylithy died and Grandpa Bud remarried Octavia McCoy. (Yes, of the infamous "McCoys".
JOSEPH FRANCIS, Sr.
Grandpa Bud Francis and Grandma Tylithy Hylton Francis had several children including my great grandfather, Joseph Francis, Sr., who was born in 1889 and died in 1975. Joseph was married to Vesta Sanders but she is not my grantmother. Grandpa Joseph had an affair with Mary Hurley (daughter of John Rile Hurley and Jane Allen (and no they wern't married either). The result of Grandpa Joseph and Mary Hurley's union was my father, Joseph Francis, Jr.
JOSEPH FRANCIS Jr.
My daddy was born in 1921. We are not exactly sure of the date because he has no recorded birth record on file. He married Georganne Blackburn when he was about sixteen years old and they had a son, Otil Francis. They divorced and my dad later married my mother, Opal Virginia Lee who is a daughter of Charles Compton Lee and Ethel Smith Lee. My mother still lives in our homeplace in Kentucky
So there you have it.. the short and the skinny of my Francis Ancestory. As far back as I currently know for sure. I know my mother's side of the family much better as Daddy was raised by neither his mother nor his father but by two spinster school teachers. He even went by the name of Joe Allen for a while as was the case for children who were born out of the confines of marriage in that day. All we have is his school record to guage his age, as I previously mentioned there is no official record of his birth. But one thing is for sure... he was born...and that's how I got here..the third of four children born to Joseph Francis (France), Jr. and Opal Virginia Lee France.
Right now, these are but names on a screen ...nothing more. Names and dates of lives lived and died. But in the future I hope to regale you with some actual stories of these people that will make them come alive for you as you meet my Appalachian ancestors. But for now, we'll leave you to digest the names and dates. My best to you this Saturday evening.
NOTE: We believe that Grandpa William Francis, Sr.'s father and mother were Thomas Francis and Susanna Bottom Francis but this has not been substantiated yet.


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The writing of this week's musings means that I have now been on the job for six months.
I would love to take a moment to reflect on the many memories I have lived through in such a short time, but at this point we are too busy moving forward to spend anytime looking back.
I do want to thank everyone in the City of Leavenworth Parks and Recreation, as well as everyone who has participated in our activities during this time, for it has truly been an awesome experience and an exciting time in my life.
So, in an effort to move forward and create even more memories...
On Monday, the City of Leavenworth Parks and Recreation Department hosted a Veterans Day parade float.
I want to say thank you to the eight youngsters who made the event extremely memorable for me. Cade Clemens, Taylor Clemens, Jamarcus Crawford, Aidyn Filley, Alexis Filley, Kaylee Teasdale, Charley Jo Monahan and Aly Nelson, all participated in the parade and are representatives from our summer 2012 baseball and softball programs.
I appreciate the fact that they gave us four hours of their time to greet everyone along the parade route as representatives of the City of Leavenworth Parks and Recreation Department. I would be very remiss if I neglected to thank Jack, the German shepherd, who represented all of the dogs of Leavenworth and the Waggin' Tails Park of the City of Leavenworth.
We now have a champion in the adult softball coed division I.
Congratulations to Criminal Justice (Derrick Singeltary). They finished the season with an 11-1 record. They were awarded their championship plaque after their game last Wednesday evening.
I want to thank Jeff Asher (Sunza Pitches), Brandon Fryman (Cyclones), Heather Goodman (Stepp Painting), Milt Rush, Sr. (Heartland Anesthetics) and all of the members of their teams for participating in our adult coed softball league this fall.
Get out and see the Bobby Watson Quartet. He is a renowned Jazz artist known worldwide. He will be appearing this Saturday 7 p.m. inside the Performing Arts Center on 5th and Delaware.
Tickets are going quickly, so don't wait until it is too late. The proceeds from this performance go into the Parks and Recreation Scholarship Fund to make it possible for our less advantaged children to participate in our various programs.
After having the opportunity to observe our adult coed softball divisions, it was extremely apparent that some teams were placed in the wrong divisions. Next year we will have the following divisions:
Division I — Mondays/Wednesdays: Blazers, Criminal Justice, Great Western, Heartland Anesthetics, Stepp Painting
Division II — Tuesdays/Thursdays: All Slabbed Up, Back Draft Duct Cleaning, Cyclones, Each Hit, Myer's Tire Supply, North Pointe Pack and Ship, Sunza Pitches, The Misfits
An increase in the number of teams may force Each Hit and Myers' Tire Supply into division I. A team with five of the same players will be considered the same team — even with a change of coach and/or sponsor.
The High Noon Saloon Rudolph's Red Nose Run is drawing near.
This event will commence on Dec. 1 right smack in front of our own High Noon Saloon at 2nd Street and Choctaw.
In addition to our corporate sponsor High Noon Saloon, I want to give a huge shout-out to our other sponsors: Tom and Ann's Haircolorists, Gronis Hardware, Passantino Family Markets' Country Mart, Lanterne Rouge, Henry Martens GM Superstore, Queen's Pantry, The Guidance Center and C.A.V.E.
I want to give a very special recognition to Mr. Rick Schwinn who has donated two sets of antlers.
We will be presenting our overall male and female winners a mounted antler plaque as the champions of our race. Early registration ends Nov. 28.
The Applebee's adult coed kickball league concludes Friday.
A week ago, we may have had the play of the year in the game featuring Kickalob Ultra and Ball Busters. Klaus Sanford demonstrated his speed and athleticism as he stretched his kick into a triple. As Klaus neared third base, he went into an all-out, head-first slide. I have never seen such a scene.
I believe the entire slide took place on his head (face to be exact) into third base. I don't know if any other part of his body touched the ground.
He had a bigger strawberry on his lip than I've ever had on my thigh from sliding. When I checked on him the next day, he informed me that his wife Shannon was not impressed.
In adult women's' volleyball, the Drillers continue to set the pace with a record of 5-0. The battle is for second place where Boom and the Dominators are tied at 3-2. The Misfits and Six Pack continue to have enjoyable evenings.
Women remember that the sign-up for our winter volleyball season is currently ongoing. Pass the word so we can increase the size of the league. The registration deadline is Dec. 10.
Late registrations will carry a $25 charge. The season will begin Jan. 21, 2013.
Bitty basketball registration continues until Dec. 14 at 8 p.m. This is for any children ages 3-5, who have not entered the first grade.


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Leddy won the 200 back and took fourth in the 100 back to lead the Crimson against Northwestern and Iowa (OAC).
EVANSTON, Ill. – The Harvard women's swimming and diving team lost a pair of duals Saturday against Northwestern, 172-127, and Iowa, 153-146, putting an end to its five-meet win streak in Evanston, Ill.
Senior Meghan Leddy was the Crimson's (5-2, 5-0 Ivy League) top performer on the day, taking home the team's lone victory in the 200 back. Leddy stopped the clock in 2:02.61, coming in just ahead of teammate Caroline Weaver who finished in 2:03.95 for second. Laura Evans placed fourth in the event with a time of 2:05.14.
Weaver bested Leddy in the 100 back, placing third in 57.57 while Leddy took fourth in 58.29. Deirdre Clute clocked in at 58.39 for fifth.
Harvard earned a handful of second-place finishes, beginning with Catherine Zagroba's (1:50.77) runner-up finish in the 200 free. Faith Martin finished fourth in a time of 1:52.15. Zagroba also took second in the 500 free with a time of 4:54.40.
Stephanie Ferrell posted a time of 1:04.79 in the 100 breast for second with Alicia Lightbourne taking fourth in 1:05.51. In the 100 fly, it was Danielle Schulkin who earned a second-place finish with a time of 2:01.87, finishing ahead of Ana Anaya who placed third in 2:03.17.
Anaya earned a second-place finish of her own in the 100 fly, as she clocked in at 56.58 just shy of the winning time of 56.22. Courtney Otto rounded out the Crimson's second-place performances with a time of 2:04.99 in the 200 IM, one-tenth of a second slower than the winning time of 2:04.98. Otto also placed third in the 1,000 free in 10:09.82, while Kelsey Hojan-Clark placed fourth in 10:11.06.
In the 200 breast, Ferrell placed third in 2:20.44 with Otto finishing right behind in fourth with a time of 2:21.22.
Harvard will return to the pool when it hosts the annual HYP meet at Blodgett Pool against Yale and Princeton. The meet will run Feb. 4-5.


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A look at Chicago legends Richard J. Daley and Studs Terkel.
By: Legacy Staff
6 years ago
I'm not the last of the old bosses. I'm the first of the new leaders. –Richard J. Daley
Ah, Chicago. Were I living in New York or L.A., I'd have been dead meat long ago. –Studs Terkel
Two great Chicagoans would have celebrated birthdays this week. Richard J. Daley, the city's mayor for 21 years and widely considered the "last of the big city bosses," was born on May 15, 1902. And Studs Terkel, the author and historian who brought Chicago to the world, was born ten years and one day later on May 16, 1912.
Both men had great influence on Chicago and, especially, on the public perception of the city. To honor their birthdays, we're looking at how these two men lived in – and shaped – the City of Big Shoulders.
The Democratic Party is the party that opened its arms. We opened them to every nationality, every creed. We opened them to the immigrants. The Democratic Party is the party of the people. –Daley
In a democratic society, you're supposed to be an activist; that is, you participate. –Terkel
Chicago is a city of immigrants, and the backgrounds of Daley and Terkel reflect that. Daley grew up an only child in a working-class Irish Catholic family on the city's South Side – his "Back of the Yards" neighborhood was noted both for its proximity to Chicago's famous stockyards and for being the seat of power for the city's strong Democratic machine. Terkel, in contrast, came from a Russian Jewish family, the youngest of three boys. His parents ran a boarding house in the North Side's artsy "Bughouse Square," an area known for its free thinkers, poets and radicals.
It's not so surprising, then, that Daley entered politics and Terkel became a writer.
[O]nce you become active in something, something happens to you. You get excited and suddenly you realize you count. –Terkel
We all like to hear a man speak out on his convictions and principles. But at the same time, you must understand that when you're running on a ticket, you're running with a team. –Daley
Though they had different leanings, Daley and Terkel both went to law school – Daley at DePaul, working in the stockyards to pay for school; Terkel at the prestigious University of Chicago – and they earned their JD degrees just one year apart. The practice of law wasn't in either man's future, though – Daley practiced briefly before moving to politics, winning election to the Illinois House of Representatives just three years after graduation. And Terkel never practiced, opting instead to become a hotel concierge and actor before finding his way to radio, television and writing.
My whole life has been an accretion of accidents. I went to University of Chicago law school to become Clarence Darrow. I was a streetcar student. There was a long stopover in what was known as Brownsville -- the black community. Out of these stores you'd hear music and could buy records. Louie Armstrong's West End Blues with Earl Hines at the piano. What I learned from law school was Louie, Duke and Memphis Minnie. That's what led me to the radio. –Terkel
Television and radio do a wonderful job in focusing attention on the problems of our society. –Daley
By 1952, Terkel had begun to host The Studs Terkel Program on WFMT, a radio staple that continued until 1997, in which he interviewed a wide variety of guests. The show gave him plenty of opportunities to comment on Chicago's goings-on, not the least of which was politics. For half the radio show's existence – from 1955 to 1976 – Daley was mayor of Chicago, a massively powerful leader who ran the city's famous (and sometimes corrupt) Democratic machine.
Chicago is not the most corrupt American city. It's the most theatrically corrupt. –Terkel
Power is dangerous unless you have humility. –Daley
Even the Lord had skeptical members of His party. –Daley
Daley died at age 74 while serving his sixth term as mayor, a longevity record for the city's mayors that would only be broken by his own son, Richard M. Daley, decades later. Terkel outlived Daley by decades, continuing to write acclaimed books well into his 90s before dying at age 96. The legacies they leave are as different as their backgrounds, yet they too dovetail.
Daley is remembered as a shaper of the city. He successfully kept Chicago from spiraling into the decline that other "rust belt" industrial cities suffered – Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo didn't emerge from the era as gracefully as Chicago did. Terkel, on the other hand, was a chronicler of the city, showing the rest of the world what the big bosses like Daley were doing there. While they didn't work together, their lives were complimentary – each, without the other, would have been a little less.
Without both men, Chicago, too, would have been a little less.
They have vilified me, they have crucified me; yes, they have even criticized me. –Daley
What is inherently wrong with the word 'politician' if the fellow has devoted his life to holding public office and trying to do something for his people? –Daley
I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it. –Terkel