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Originally Posted by butterfly320
Usually when companies go bankrupt, many people appear on the scene and say “that’s no surprise”.
Someone always knows that the deal is going down badly.
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Actually it was obvious from about the middle of last year that Geos didn't have long to go- all the symptoms were there, and if you look at other Japan/ESL related sites you'll find that lots of people predicted it. Anybody who was surprised must have had their head in the sand for a long time.
I think people blaming the teaching quality for the collapse have it wrong though- just like Nova, it was largely poor management and a very flawed business model exacerbated by the economic downturn that caused Geos to go down, not the skills (or lack thereof) of the teachers. Just like with Nova though, you can be sure that the management will try to put as much of the blame for the failure as they possibly can with the teachers.