June 2008
A Real Educated Teacher
I wanted to share the last comment added to the Memoirs of a Choueifati. The day I entered CHOUEIFAT..
-My Life Story..
Entering the gates I entered a thousand times counted up today.. REGRETING!
- Today is just another day from my life were I sit and regretting the time I said yes to this hell pit.. i understand that most people think that chouifat is just another school but for those who experience or experienced the pressure or the pain we were put under living on what they give us.. its either the cardboard pizza or some uncooked carrots in a pot.. Today I want to share my experience with those helpless students looking forward to entering choueifat!.im graduated student from chouifat society from the academic year of 2007-2008 ..
and for those who go to that crap Al Ain well u ppl haven.t seen chouifat I dare u all and i support the ones who do and for those who i would choose the dare u would not live a day in our school our school is the place to damage your hopes and dreams of who u r the teachers aren.t looking for the education or the smile of the student after graduating the only things the want is what comes from our banks--->our pockets----->there hands ...i know I experienced and I learnt .. for those who now and feel the pain that I feel or felt tell others spread the word>> the day I entered 9th grade I wanted to stop I felt everyday a bit of my soul was eaten away believe me after 12th grade or my graduation i burnt my books in the garden lots of plants were gone my mom was terrified i burnt every book and copybook very pencil and rubber and screamed and shouted so loud my neighbors were watching and stood there scared and worried if i went mental to be honest i did i was happy after these years of torture and pressure its like prisoner who got out of jail a slave who was given freedom i was that slave or that prisoner i was so happy i cried..
- my life was open the clouds parted after I left those doors and after getting in the car I shouted my mom looked at me and she was so scared when she looked again I was laughing and crying and shouting I was emotionally confused..
--------------------those were my lat days of being a prisoner of my own feelings I was a bird who was let go i was slave that was given freedom I was so happy I didn.t come home that night i slept at my aunts house buy before that I walked the streets of Dubai and looked in the sky and sat on the benches looking up and saying its ALL OVER!!
This school has clearly failed this student and traumatize him or her causing emotional damage. It is one of the reasons why most teachers leave after the first year. I worked there for less than six months and left because I was so appalled. I am one of those rare teachers who have a degree in Education and am credentialed to teach in New York State, Mississippi, West Virginia and Alabama. In fact, I have taught for several years and have never in my life seen such madness or conditions. I spent fives years working for a district that is ranks as one of the worst schools systems in America. I naively thought that it was one of the worst systems in the world. But, after working for Choiefat/SABIS I came to truly understand what a horrible and damaging system is.
I have often heard people who support Choiefat/SABIS make statements such as. if it is such a horrible system why don.t you bring it to the attention the administration? Well I did make several attempts so do so. I contacted the director of the school I worked with, the regional director and went all the way up the chain to Mrs. Saab and Mr. Bastany. With each effort I was met with resistance and in some cases total silence. I was told if you don.t like the system than leave which is exactly what I did. The Choiefat/SABIS is fully aware of the complaints again them. They are fully aware of exactly what they are doing and honestly care little about changing it.
One could hope that they would soon see the light, but the likelihood of the occurring is very slim. The only way to correct the course of Choiefat/SABIS is to rid the administration of the incompetent fools who have no educational backgrounds or degrees from Western Universities. As someone said, the Middle East.s educational systems, including universities, are 20 years behind the rest of the world. If Choiefat/SABIS
wants to succeed in the future they will dramatically change the way in which they operate. However, something tells me that the owners at bleeding the system dry and have little concern about the future. They maybe opening new schools all over the world, but their practice are coming to light and the writing is on the wall. All great evil empires fall eventually. In the case Choiefat/SABIS, it only is a matter of time. When this does happen those who have remained loyal will be left with nothing except their ruined reputations and the trauma and damage they created.
This is a warning to Parents, Students and Teachers alike. If you have any concern about human decency, providing students with an educational foundation which will lay the foundation necessary at the university level and to be successful in global economy avoid this place as you would the Black plague.