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asromacalcio · Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 54

I'm sure this post does the rounds, gets reposted again and again in different ways by new members. However...

Where would you say is the best place to teach in the world, all considered, and why?

And, where would you advise somebody not to go and why?

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

Yes, it makes the rounds, and here is the standard reply.

1. What are your qualifications (including foreign language fluency)?
2. Age?
3. Nationality?
4. What sort of teaching did you have in mind? University? Conversation school? International school? Private mainstream school? Public mainstream school? Business English? Etc.

Jizzo T. Clown · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:27 pm Post subject:

The best place to teach is the place that makes you happiest! Cool

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

Depends on what you are looking for.

denise · Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 3419 Location: finally home-ish

I'd say the best place to teach is a balance between the place you'd most like to live and the place where you can most easily afford to live.

Honestly, though, there are sooooo many variables... I don't even think I could choose a "best" out of the places that I've taught. They all have their positive and negative aspects, and being happy is really just a matter of focusing on the positives and coping with the negatives.

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Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

denise · Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 3419 Location: finally home-ish

If it were about the money I'd have given up long ago! I'm still years away from recovering financially from living in Peru!

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asromacalcio · Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 54

All good, but really I'm not trying to make any decision about where to go next, I was just interested in where people have enjoyed teaching and living.

Still Italy for me, especially when they are winning the World Cup!

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

For me, it's all about the good food...

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

I have enjoyed Japan the past 5 years, but at this point, I feel it is best to move on. I am not sure where, should be making a decision in the next 2-3 months. I never felt that Japan is the place for me to settle down and am not sure if i will ever find a place where I will feel settled. To me, that is one of the best aspects about our profession.

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

Jizzo T. Clown · Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:03 am Post subject:

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Let me refresh your memory, since I have both pics...

2004

2006

I put on 10 kgs between the pics, but have dropped back down 3 or 4 since the latest pic. I should update the avatar again...wish I had a sexy apartment lobby and come-hither look like Kent to brandish.

jammish · Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 1704

Heh, I have been the same in China. God knows how the Chinese stay thin. The food is full of oil. Although good Very Happy

. Having a chinese wife/mother in law who both cook great food doesn't help!

Sheikh Inal Ovar · Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 1208 Location: Melo Drama School

They do a full day of honest work each day?