bending_sickle | Reading makes our speaking English good*

i got word back from the university re: my question of “but what does it take for you to consider someone a first-language English speaker and would i have to sit a toefl for you”

they don’t answer the first question, which fine, and they say that i don’t have to prove my english skills because i studied at an institute ~recognized~ by them. what it takes for an institute to be recognized by them and what it means, i don’t know, but the institute in question is an english-speaking one in an english-speaking commonwealth country so *shrugs*

so yay i don’t have to prove stuff (whelp i mean they’re going to want to see a diploma or somesuch but yeah)

but i’m a bit peeved that the only reason i don’t is because of that one tiny little “that school was on our list”

what about my whole “i’m first-language speaker and i will fight you on this" and "i am actually certified to teach english” thing

so that’s a qualified yay

(also they were like "after looking at your cv i see that you studied at x" and i'm like THAT WAS IN THE BODY OF MY EMAIL DID YOU EVEN READ IT)

(also also no news from the prof yet)

* Xander, Buffy the Vampire Slayer