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Yo, I just remembered like 6 years ago this French guy sitting opposite me in Starbucks was like "Hey wanna start an English company with me?" And I said... "Yeh, sure!" Swapped details and stuff and that was it for then.
Yo, I just remembered like 6 years ago this French guy sitting opposite me in Starbucks was like "Hey wanna start an English company with me?" And I said... "Yeh, sure!" Swapped details and stuff and that was it for then.
Few days later he messages me saying he& #39;s making a contract and that I should read it through properly. Another few days later I get the contract. It& #39;s half a page of A4 and looks proper dodgy. So of course I signed it.
He tells me he& #39;s renting a space to start teaching but meanwhile he wants to test my voice and teaching skills to see if I& #39;m good enough - even though he& #39;s just hired me. I had to read some children& #39;s stories. Turns out they were for his kid and he played them for her. Weird.
Anyway, I eventually go to this random building (lol), and he& #39;s there with a whiteboard, 3 pens, about 6 books and he says "Today, we make history." Remember that quote ladies and gents. "Today, we make history."
So, anyway, I& #39;m waiting for him to start and he& #39;s like "Ok over to you man!" I& #39;m like "Eh?" He said "Teach! Let& #39;s go!" Apparently he wanted me to teach someone (him? the empty room?), with no prior knowledge, lesson plan or even a fucking hint of what to do.
I just stared at him and was like "So, what do you want me to do exactly?" He said "Hmm maybe I& #39;ve made a mistake." IN FRONT OF ME! Paid me 1500 for the 20 minutes I was there and said "The students will be disappointed." Never saw a single student.
He then messaged me back and said "Sorry for putting you on the spot in class" (again noone was there) "but how about you design a textbook with me instead. We can make a lot of money and I& #39;ve already planned it out. Just need a native person& #39;s voice!" Guess what..? I said "Sure"
Meet in Starbucks and literally every single word and phrase is mental but he did in fact have a fully published book. For the life of me I can& #39;t recall it& #39;s name but how the FUCK it got published I& #39;ll never know. Japan innit though lol. I didn& #39;t want to be rude so I...
just read the correct English and ignored his mistakes. He got all flustered in the cafe and asked me why I was reading it wrong and what was wrong with me. I said "Well your English is wrong. I& #39;m just trying to read it correctly. No harm intended." We were there for 2 hours.
