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[Gordon]

1.) Where have you taught?
Korea, Canada and Japan

2.) How long have you been teaching?
12 years

3.) Which country was the best to live in? (best quality of life)
Canada

4.) Which country was the worst to live in?
Korea

5.) Which country had the best students? Why?
Canada. They were motivated, but were new immigrants. The int'l students that came on tourist visas were some of the worst.

6.) Which country had the worst students? Why?
Japan. Low level and unmotivated.

7.) WHere did you find it the easiest to make local friends?
Other than Canada, Japan, but you have to work at it.

8.) Where did you have your best vacation overseas?
Vietnam and the Philippines

9.) Where did you have your worst vacation overseas?
Second trip to Bali (was very over-touristed since the first time we went)

10.) Where would you like to retire or semi-retire?
Canada

11.) Where would you like to teach in the future?
The Middle East, perhaps Oman

12.) How much longer would you like to teach?
Maybe 10 more years

[asromacalcio]

1.) Where have you taught?

Italy, England and Kyrgyzstan


2.) How long have you been teaching?

3 years


3.) Which country was the best to live in? (best quality of life)

Italy



4.) Which country was the worst to live in?

Kyrgyzstan, but second out of two ain't bad (England is not included because I lived there for 30 years and have seen it all, done it all, and I'm bored of it)



5.) Which country had the best students? Why?

Kyrgyzstan, because they are perfect and wonderful


6.) Which country had the worst students? Why?

Italy, excitable, noisy, disrespecftul and unmotivated. Still love 'em though.


7.) WHere did you find it the easiest to make local friends?

South of Italy. There, it's hard NOT to make friends.


8.) Where did you have your best vacation overseas?

Central Adriatic coast, Italy, a town called Fano. HEAVEN!


9.) Where did you have your worst vacation overseas?

Ireland. I will be banned from the board if I offer an honest opinion about this place.


10.) Where would you like to retire or semi-retire?

Rome


11.) Where would you like to teach in the future

Latvia, Russia, Peru, Japan and of course, ITALY !!!! I miss it like anything!! Maybe also Laos and Finland, but I don't expect to get to them all.


12.) How much longer would you like to teach?

Until Kyrgysztan win the World Cup!



Thanks for this post!

[saint57]

1.) Where have you taught?

Korea, China, Canada (student teacher), and Malaysia.

2.) How long have you been teaching?

Started in 2003.

3.) Which country was the best to live in? (best quality of life)

Malaysia, because my job is better.

4.) Which country was the worst to live in?

Canada, because I'm not motivated to do anything there.

5.) Which country had the best students? Why?

The students in China were great because they were super eager.
My current students in Malaysia are very serious about their studies and I like that too.

6.) Which country had the worst students? Why?

I'd have to say Korea, but only because I was in a hogwan.

7.) WHere did you find it the easiest to make local friends?

Easily China.

8.) Where did you have your best vacation overseas?

Christmas 2003 Fukuoka, Japan

9.) Where did you have your worst vacation overseas?

Prague, some dirty motha stole everything we had.

10.) Where would you like to retire or semi-retire?

By the time I retire Africa will probably be the new S.E. Asia.

11.) Where would you like to teach in the future

I guess I still need to scratch Russia, Africa, and south America off my list.

12.) How much longer would you like to teach?

60 years if I can quit smoking.

[Van Norden]

1.) Australia, Japan and Saudi
2.) 15 years
3.) best to live in? Australia & Japan
4.) worst? Saudi
5.) best students? Too hard to generalise.
6.) worst students? Too hard to generalise.
7.) easiest to make local friends? Australia & Japan
8.) best vacation? East and Southern Africa
9.) worst vacation? Too many to mention.
10.) retire or semi-retire? East or Southern Africa
11.) teach in the future? Perish the thought!
12.) How much longer would you like to teach? I want to quit asap.

[Deicide]

1.) Where have you taught?
2.) How long have you been teaching?
3.) Which country was the best to live in? (best quality of life)
4.) Which country was the worst to live in?
5.) Which country had the best students? Why?
6.) Which country had the worst students? Why?
7.) WHere did you find it the easiest to make local friends?
8.) Where did you have your best vacation overseas?
9.) Where did you have your worst vacation overseas?
10.) Where would you like to retire or semi-retire?
11.) Where would you like to teach in the future
12.) How much longer would you like to teach?

1. France, Germany, South Korea
2. 5 years off and on
3. This is just one of those questions....
4. South Korea
5. Germany; because I was teaching uni-students and had a cool boss
6. South Korea; spoiled, ego-maniacal brats/children who don't want to learn a lick of anything let alone English and my boss is psychotic...
7. Germany
8. Scottish Highlands; vive Caledonia!
9. Plenty of places
10. Work till I drop dead
11. Not in EFL
12. For the rest of my life, just not EFL; I'm going to get back into academia and teach something interesting

[John Hall]

1.) Where have you taught?

Canada, Japan, Costa Rica.

2.) How long have you been teaching?

11 years

3.) Which country was the best to live in? (best quality of life)

Tough question, but I would have to say Canada.

4.) Which country was the worst to live in?

Poor quality of life in Japan, but then Costa Rica has a crime problem.

5.) Which country had the best students? Why?

Costa Rica wins on this one, although many of my Japanese students were really motivated, high-achievers too.

6.) Which country had the worst students? Why?

Other Japanese students rarely spoke in class, making my job nearly impossible at times.

7.) WHere did you find it the easiest to make local friends?

Canada, because I was a local!

8.) Where did you have your best vacation overseas?

Travelled extensively in Central America and Mexico, and the best places I went to I am keeping as a secret, so that they stay that way!

9.) Where did you have your worst vacation overseas?

Bocas del Toro, Panama. Constant downpour the whole time that I was there, and the locals were obsessive about trying to find ways to get my cash.

10.) Where would you like to retire or semi-retire?

Retire? Why would I want to do that?

11.) Where would you like to teach in the future

Right where I am.

12.) How much longer would you like to teach?

As long as my heart is in it.