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Peterbkk,
I don't see where anyone said they were trying to find the cheapest IDC. Sea_anemone did state that she wanted to do it in someplace with a low cost of living, but she never said the IDC should be cheap. And neither did I.
I agree the quality of the instructors should be first and foremost but that cannot be the only factor either. Why not? Because most of the programs do not list the resumes or personal biographies of their instructors.
Here in Korea, there are a lot of private schools for teaching various subjects like English, Japanese, science, math, etc. The same can be said for them. The quality of the teachers and the organization of the program is what's most important. Yet, strangely, very few of the schools post the resumes and credentials of the teachers online. Their websites (as with most of the dive schools in Thailand) go into great detail about the prices and lengths of classes...the 'benefits' of their program over others but very few want to post teachers' resumes or qualifications online. Why? Because most of them have revolving doors when it comes to teachers or they have english intructors that have degrees in wildly different subjects.
Peterbkk, it's not clear from your message what your tone is when you make your comment so I'll be cautious and just point out that no one on this thread said the lowest priced IDC would be best. At least neither Sea-anemone nor I did. But until every IDC/CDC center posts online ALL the information about their instructors then you 're not going to be able to make decisions weighted primarily on instructor qualifications either.
As far as that goes, I've also met some very over-qualified (or perhaps over-educated) teachers in Korea that don't have the best people skills and thereby turn off many students from studying. That matters too.
I don't see where anyone said they were trying to find the cheapest IDC. Sea_anemone did state that she wanted to do it in someplace with a low cost of living, but she never said the IDC should be cheap. And neither did I.
I agree the quality of the instructors should be first and foremost but that cannot be the only factor either. Why not? Because most of the programs do not list the resumes or personal biographies of their instructors.
Here in Korea, there are a lot of private schools for teaching various subjects like English, Japanese, science, math, etc. The same can be said for them. The quality of the teachers and the organization of the program is what's most important. Yet, strangely, very few of the schools post the resumes and credentials of the teachers online. Their websites (as with most of the dive schools in Thailand) go into great detail about the prices and lengths of classes...the 'benefits' of their program over others but very few want to post teachers' resumes or qualifications online. Why? Because most of them have revolving doors when it comes to teachers or they have english intructors that have degrees in wildly different subjects.
Peterbkk, it's not clear from your message what your tone is when you make your comment so I'll be cautious and just point out that no one on this thread said the lowest priced IDC would be best. At least neither Sea-anemone nor I did. But until every IDC/CDC center posts online ALL the information about their instructors then you 're not going to be able to make decisions weighted primarily on instructor qualifications either.
As far as that goes, I've also met some very over-qualified (or perhaps over-educated) teachers in Korea that don't have the best people skills and thereby turn off many students from studying. That matters too.
