VAUGHAN SYSTEMS - and the bitch who definitely did not love me

So, I'm new to Madrid, I don't speak Spanish and I need a job. Naturally, having graduate from a top University in London with a god degree, teaching English was never even a thought, however, it pays well and is it's my language and un-employment rate is Spain is ridiculously low at 25%....it was a logical step.

So I do my research and find that Vaughan systems pays the highest and is one of the biggest companies teaching English in Spain, at 20 euros an hour you can't realy complain.

Next step.......I send in my CV and take an interview.

I had my interview with lovely Marta Martinez, who works in recruitment and training.

Vaughan systems teaches its only stye of teaching called the "Vaughan method" where basically the whole class is taught orally and there is minimal writing.

Marta informs me that if successful I will cmmence on a weeks training programe where you spend the morning in training casses learning there method then five hours in the afternppn teaching practice classes where the students attend for free and return right a report about the teacher after every class. The reports are made up of 10 question's about the teachers ability methods etc which the student must grade between 1 - 6 and at the bottom write negative and positive comments.

The following Monday I started my training. I had previously met a girl from back home who had also done the training, she had warned me that it was really really tough. They work you hard and expect you to do three hours of home work a night.....I said fine I'm game. She aso mentioned that if you were a minute late, didn't do your homework got bad marks they would tell you to go home there and then.

Marta had also warned me of this...........the minute you do something wrong.....we will warn you and then your out.

So I start my training......everything is going wel I'm early, I'm doing my home work really well and i'm paying attention and really concentrating. The four other people in my group who were also training were al lovely and working just as hard. Over the next few days to my surprise I stat attaining really really good reports from students in class. In fact they - bloody love me!

BUT there's anther girl works with Marta, the complete bitch Natasha. She's Australian, she's fat, she has long straggly hair and a wierd Jaw and really bad teeth. Worse than her physical appearance though - she's one of those people, and this is the type of person who I hate more than anything. She pretends to be something she's not. It's ike if your a bitch, that's fine, but don't try and act like a lovely soft sweet heart whe your really a nasty spiteful and agressive cow. Marta for example, typically Spanish and really hot too, you can tell shes the kind of girl that says it how it is, I love that - it's honest.

natasha however,I get a wierd feeling about her, ofcourse I'm sweet and smile etc.....but there is just something that I feel is not quite right - also the fact that Marta folows her around like her little lap dog is just bewildering. Maybe Natasha has worked here longer - who knows.

So on the fourth day, I have my training, I have my feed back, I have my classes, Marta tels me how well I'm doing, no complaints, all 5's and ^'s while the others are getting 3, 4's and 5's. I do my last 5 hour teaching block and then just as I'm about to walk out the door incomes running Marta and Ntasha like a pair of giggling girls at school.

"I'm afraid we have some bad news" says Marta.....I though shit...here we go.......Natasha jumped in and proceeded to tell me that they won't ask me to come back tomorrow because they feel i have "doubts" about the style of teaching. In utter shock I manage to mumble...."OK... ur thanks.." at which they walk out.

In utter shock I walk across the corridor into the classroom where one of fellow trainees had just finshed teaching....at which point the other 3 piled into the room. When I told them my shock announcement.....they didn't believe me.....why? why? why?...why? I thought....I was so shocked I hadn't even bothered to ask...go and ask they said....

So I pulled my self together and walked into the office where I said "Marta, I'm sorry I was so shocked and I didn't even manage to ask why?"

Ofcourse Natasha jumps up.....and said I can explain lets go into a room...there she tells me that I doubted the method......I grew a little more confident....nothing to lose now.... tell me how....an example....anything....

She got angry...."It's my decidion and I will make it when and how I want" Natasha you bitch I thought. I looked to Marta, nothing......this obviously wasn't your idea....and seeing as you have nothing to say I'm guessing you probably don't agree along side with the praise you gave me today. So I said..."what you mean is...you don't like me?" she simply nodded and said "yes".

I walked outside....burst into tears....and chain smoked 6 cigarettes.

Complete bitch!!!!

She obviously had a personal problem with me....which is so frustrating because I had worked so hard and done so well......as my mother said....there's always one.....jealous, bitter...bored whatever.

2 minutes later my phone rings.....It' the rival company Astex asking me to come in for an interview the following Friday....isn't life strange...