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hippocampus
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If I won the lottery, I'd go back in time and kill my own grandfather before he was born.  |
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johnslat
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Money = freedom, the freedom to choose what one wants to do. Some people can't handle that freedom (thus, those lottery winners who come to bad ends). But if you're already free to choose (and fortunately, I am), I'm pretty sure that another big influx of cash isn't going to make a difference.
Travel has been mentioned - but in my over 20 years of EFLing, I got to see almost every place on my "bucket list" (Antarctica and ALaska being the only exceptions). These days, I HATE airports, so, travel (except for the two places mentioned above) wouldn't be one of my choices.
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MotherF
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| I�m not even going to attempt to imagine this multi-millionaire TEFLer teaching the present perfect and being harangued by some DOS for not being entertaining enough. |
You've jumped to one to many conclusions here--you assume that those of us on the thread who said they would continue, or in my case likely go back to, teaching are working in language institutes with DOSes. I have no DOS, I am occasionally accused of running through white board markers to quickly, but if I were a multi-millionaire, I'd just by my own--in more than 4 colors! |
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artemisia
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The above applies to me (more or less), too. I said I'd eventually stop teaching English - not stop teaching altogether. There's a recurring theme that runs through a lot of threads here and this is that there's only ONE job and we all do it. Not true. It's still not clear to me why this idea is so hard to let go off. It must be hard because of the continual attempts to impose this view on other posters.
As to what you'd do with your time if you won lots of money; a lot depends on what interests you have that drive you and whether or not they are just as important to you as having a job. |
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spiral78
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| There's a recurring theme that runs through a lot of threads here and this is that there's only ONE job and we all do it. Not true. It's still not clear to me why this idea is so hard to let go off. It must be hard because of the continual attempts to impose this view on other posters. |
Hear, hear! That's a very clear way to put it. I agree that the view that what each of us do is the same job has caused a lot of dissention over the years. TEFL/TESL includes a VERY wide range of job types. |
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naturegirl321
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| I continue working because I think like many I'd get bored if I didn't have to. |
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cmp45
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| Many of you say that you would continue to work at what you love doing. So, if you won a fantastical amount of money and had never to worry again about finances, would you still seek out paid positions or would you be less concerned about the pay and take on volunteer positions, ...doing what you "love"? |
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johnslat
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Dear cmp45,
" . . . would you still seek out paid positions or would you be less concerned about the pay and take on volunteer positions, ...doing what you "love"?"
I already do both 
If you love what you do, it's not work; it's fun
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Jbhughes
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riverboat
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| cmp45 wrote: |
| Many of you say that you would continue to work at what you love doing. So, if you won a fantastical amount of money and had never to worry again about finances, would you still seek out paid positions or would you be less concerned about the pay and take on volunteer positions, ...doing what you "love"? |
I wouldn't say that I necessarily "love" teaching English, but I do at least "like" it, and I was one of those who said I'd continue (but not full time) if I won the lottery.
I'd definitely feel a moral obligation to do some volunteer work if I had endless leisure time and no need to go out and earn money. Whether I'd do volunteer work in EFL or not, I don't know.
A big part of the reason I like my job is that I get to have interesting conversations with interesting people. Yeah I also like the feeling of being able to teach someone something useful, but that isn't the major motivating factor for me to be honest. So it would depend on the context of the volunteer position, for the thing I like most about my job to transfer to that, if you see what I mean. i.e. teaching beginners the alphabet and how to use the present simple...not what I love. Discussion-based lessons, hearing about people's professions and lives and opinions on various subjects...that's what I love. |
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cheshir3
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| I'd finish grad school and pay off my student loans. Then I'd go back to school for business/organizational planning and join a NGO after graduation. I'd invest the majority of my money and donate some to education & medical charities. After building up experience I'd found a charity dedicated to improve educational opportunities for children with disabilities in different countries. |
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AGoodStory
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| I'd finish grad school and pay off my student loans. Then I'd go back to school for business/organizational planning and join a NGO after graduation. I'd invest the majority of my money and donate some to education & medical charities. After building up experience I'd found a charity dedicated to improve educational opportunities for children with disabilities in different countries. |
Nice plan! If I win the lottery, I'll split it with you! |
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Zero
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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| I would drink copious amounts of alcohol and enjoy the company of various members of the fairer gender. Doubt you'd get much work out of me. |
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cmp45
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zero...
If you drank 'copious amounts' of alcohol, it's not likely you would get to enjoy anyone's company let alone the fairer 'opposite gender'...more likely, you'd be passed out on the floor  sorry to burst your fantasy  |
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spanglish
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I'd do the inverse of teaching ESL - learn more languages, would probably start with Portuguese and French and later move on to more challenging ones like Arabic. I guess I don't need to win the lottery to do that, but it sure would make life more comfortable in the meantime.
Regarding, working, yep, I'd almost certainly quit the vast majority of my teaching. I do, however, love my job and my students. |
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