Alice In Methodologyland

We rarely post these days, but today we are here to put a comment on blast.

We are appalled and physically disgusted by the comment of a fellow educator on one of our guest posts where he used a slur commonly used to describe disabled people in the comments just because he found our article unsatisfactory.

As Poppy Alexopoulou said in her guest post:
Here comes a completely honest, CELTA review from personal experience, along with some tips if you are struggling to decide if you'd like to take the course or not!

A colleague signed JK (full name Jeff Knox, said the following about her article:)

------- This was the most useless babbling I’ve ever witnessed. Nothing useful at all. Just non-stop exclamation marks. Next time give real information. Tell people SOMETHING about the course. It’s hard to believe that so much spazzy fluff can come out of a single person.-------

We wonder if this colleague of ours would use a disgusting slur used to describe disabled people (spazzy) if he knew we can actually see his full name when he comments.

NOW, we could have EASILY deleted this comment.

We choose not to.
We choose to come in and blast it.
Why?

Because we are a group of educated teachers who love children.
Because we have worked with and advocated for children with special needs.
Because Alice, the founder of our nonprofit, is a parent of a child with autism who has tics and stereotypical moves that our colleague JK would describe as ''spazzy''.

THE CONCLUSION IS: CALL IT OUT.
CALL OUT ANY KIND OF SLURS YOU SEE THE MOMENT YOU SEE THEM.
DO NOT IGNORE THEM.
IGNORING MAKES IT OK TO SAY IT.

EDUCATE.
TEACH.
DO NOT BE AN ABLEIST.

------- Here is our reply to his comment:

As we are not ones to hide comments, we want to confirm your comment and let it be on the website, even though we consider it extremely rude.

A colleague has shared her personal experience on how the whole process impacted her as a professional. It was said in the title. It was a review, not a guide.

We never said this would be a guide with technical information, or technical steps on the course.

We believe that it’s important to also hear how such courses impact educators on a personal level, and not just from a technical, certification standpoint.

Also, we would like to discourage you from using a slur used to describe disabled people (spazz) as an educator.

A link with the screenshot of your comment is added here in case it gets edited after our reply. https://aliceinmethodologyland.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Screenshot_48.jpg

Thank you for your comment, and please next time consider the tone and the context of the post before commenting.

Here's the link to Poppy's article (the unfortunate comment is in the bottom)
! https://aliceinmethodologyland.com/2020/09/20/celta-review-a-path-to-self-awareness-experience-tips/
Thank you for pouring your heart and soul telling us how the whole path to CELTA changed you once again Poppy Alexopoulou

Not everything is about information.
Sometimes it's about how we feel in our skin as teachers too.

CELTA Review: A Path to Self-awareness - Guest Post by Poppy Alexopoulou - Explore this article about the CELTA Review: A Path to Self-awareness (+Experience & Tips) to learn more about how does CELTA look like!

This week in our TEFL courses rubric is all about the financial part of the program.
As an authorized training TEFL center, our goal is to support the working of our non-profit, while also providing heavily discounted and accredited TEFL certification in a blended program in Novi Sad, Serbia.

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✨✨✨ The face-to-face module in Novi Sad, Serbia can be paid in 6 installments after the online course completion to make it easier for teachers to attend and divide the expense.

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https://aliceinmethodologyland.com/bridge-in-methodologyland-accredited-tefl-certification/