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inotu-unotme
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 Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 4:14 am Post subject: ESL job u thought u'd get and ESL job u have... |
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Was wondering if people would share...
When you graduated from school with your ESL certification.
What type of ESL job did you think you would end up with?
When you actually went out in the ESL job market how did your opinion change on what would happen job wise?
What type of ESL job did you actually get?
And something thats not talked about a great deal - please - what do you love about the ESL job you have? |
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nightsintodreams
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| Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 4:24 am Post subject: |
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I got my first job without a qualification, all subsequent jobs have been gained through experience/references.
I've done dispatch ALT, Eikaiwa and direct BOE contracts.
I love working with kids and having a job that gives me the freedom to live almost anywhere in the world. |
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inotu-unotme
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| Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 4:38 am Post subject: |
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Glad to hear you love your job!
I remember when I went to school it became clear to me it was not possible to get a job in Europe.
But, at the time I thought I'd be able to get high paying work easy in Japan which didn't turn out to be the case either.
In addition I thought a very easy fall back was going to be Korea not having any idea they had any type of age limit.
I thought things would be so much easier.
I ended up working in Mexico.
It has been difficult but worth it changing my life in ways that are difficult to explain.
I think the locals make it the most worth it to be here.
Coming in only second would be the history and architecture.
And I have to say when the students are on a roll it makes me remember why I wanted to teach in the first place. |
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santi84
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| Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 12:58 pm Post subject: |
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When I first finished university, I thought I was going to be on the next plane to Japan.
A few weeks after I finished university, I found out I was pregnant and it appears I will never teach abroad until my nest is empty. Hubby will be retiring in 15 years and that's about the same time the last one will head to college, so we're already planning my first job abroad (he's going to come along and do anything but work).
I teach immigrants English in Canada. I absolutely love it (it's very rewarding as students are highly motivated), but the pay and hours are terrible. |
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contented
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| Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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I knew I would work in schools teaching children. I've taught adults English in the States, but didn't really care for that unless it was one-on-one. I enjoy teaching children. The funny things that come out of their mouths sometimes is quite hilarious!
I thought I'd hop all around the world doing a year here and a year there, but I tend to stay for a while in a place before moving on. I do enjoy making a good living, having quality health insurance and experiencing different cultures while getting in lots of travel on school breaks. |
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inotu-unotme
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| Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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| santi84 wrote: |
When I first finished university, I thought I was going to be on the next plane to Japan.
A few weeks after I finished university, I found out I was pregnant and it appears I will never teach abroad until my nest is empty. Hubby will be retiring in 15 years and that's about the same time the last one will head to college, so we're already planning my first job abroad (he's going to come along and do anything but work).
I teach immigrants English in Canada. I absolutely love it (it's very rewarding as students are highly motivated), but the pay and hours are terrible. |
Ya Japan...
When I was in school the teachers made endless comments on how easy it would be to get a job teaching in Japan.
The ESL school I was going to had great teachers.
But, only one of them taught overseas in Japan before.
All the rest of them meant to teach abroad but got into local jobs, marriage, kids, etc. and could not move far away.
Ironically, I was one of the few out of my class that moved to another country.
I wish you luck when you start teaching abroad.
It will be great for your husband to be there with you.
I think think its more difficult for those who go abroad by themselves.
It helps enhance the experience to have someone there with you. |
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inotu-unotme
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| Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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| contented wrote: |
I knew I would work in schools teaching children. I've taught adults English in the States, but didn't really care for that unless it was one-on-one. I enjoy teaching children. The funny things that come out of their mouths sometimes is quite hilarious!
I thought I'd hop all around the world doing a year here and a year there, but I tend to stay for a while in a place before moving on. I do enjoy making a good living, having quality health insurance and experiencing different cultures while getting in lots of travel on school breaks. |
contented just curious what countries have you taught in? |
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contented
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| I like Asia although I am not quite there now. I would like to go back. |
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spiral78
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| Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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I think think its more difficult for those who go abroad by themselves.
It helps enhance the experience to have someone there with you. |
This is not very common. |
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cloud_pleaser
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My first ESL job was volunteering in a village in the mountains of Georgia. My "teaching" involved playing football with children, hiking in stunning mountain scenery and getting outrageously drunk at the behest of old men.
My second job was Eastern China training school hell. The most miserable year of my life.
My current job is a university in Inner Mongolia. It's great. Amazing students, nice bosses. |
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inotu-unotme
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| Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 3:39 am Post subject: |
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| cloud_pleaser wrote: |
My first ESL job was volunteering in a village in the mountains of Georgia. My "teaching" involved playing football with children, hiking in stunning mountain scenery and getting outrageously drunk at the behest of old men.
My second job was Eastern China training school hell. The most miserable year of my life.
My current job is a university in Inner Mongolia. It's great. Amazing students, nice bosses. |
Mongolia, wow I wish I had the guts to go there.
I have the say the weather scared me.
How is the weather for you?
Please tell, how cold does it actually get where your at?
I hear the heating bill can be quite something.
When you have great students and nice bosses it makes all the difference in the world.
Glad to hear you enjoy your job. |
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Sashadroogie
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
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| I have exactly the EFL job that was ordained by dialectical materialism. There were no surprises, as everything had been centrally planned beforehand. I am very happy with everything, as I live in the Workers' Paradise, where every lesson is an exploration of Utopia, every learner's soul but material for me to engineer. It is a triumph of humanity. And it was all historically inevitable. |
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cloud_pleaser
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| Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 5:48 am Post subject: |
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| inotu-unotme wrote: |
| cloud_pleaser wrote: |
My first ESL job was volunteering in a village in the mountains of Georgia. My "teaching" involved playing football with children, hiking in stunning mountain scenery and getting outrageously drunk at the behest of old men.
My second job was Eastern China training school hell. The most miserable year of my life.
My current job is a university in Inner Mongolia. It's great. Amazing students, nice bosses. |
Mongolia, wow I wish I had the guts to go there.
I have the say the weather scared me.
How is the weather for you?
Please tell, how cold does it actually get where your at?
I hear the heating bill can be quite something.
When you have great students and nice bosses it makes all the difference in the world.
Glad to hear you enjoy your job. |
Ah, the place I am in is in fact the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. Not to be confused with its neighbour, the Republic of Mongolia to the north.
Here the weather is fierce. But heating bills are non-existent, warmth comes courtesy of the Communist Party. My apartment is often uncomfortably hot during the winter.
As for Mongolia itself? I have plans to visit, but stories of Ulaanbaatar deter me from staying too long. |
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inotu-unotme
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| Sashadroogie wrote: |
| I have exactly the EFL job that was ordained by dialectical materialism. There were no surprises, as everything had been centrally planned beforehand. I am very happy with everything, as I live in the Workers' Paradise, where every lesson is an exploration of Utopia, every learner's soul but material for me to engineer. It is a triumph of humanity. And it was all historically inevitable. |
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Sashadroogie
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