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[willy]

That�s the? A traveler can live on $ while some one teaching for a living can live on $$$.

In INDOI traveler 6,000,000 living 15,000,000RP
In TW traveler and living are the same but a traveler plays games and a teacher dosent. Its 60,000- 70,000NT

[ls650]

[FGT]

I don't understand a word of the original post. Can anyone translate it into English for me, please? I'm a cretin, I know.

[leeroy]

I think I could do a spelling/grammar lesson on it

[foster]

Is the question whether we teach because we like to teach or whether we teach to save for traveling? (That is what I infered from the title). However, the information contained in the post neither supported or clarified the title.

OR...are we comparing TEACHING wages full time to TRAVELING wages of backpackers or tourists who teach for a short period of time and then move on?

[Roger]

Personally, I have a serious issue with the notion that some occupation is the ticket to travelling while all other occupations condemn you to lead a sedentary life.
Only after I had travelled extensively throughout the world, not the least in the country of my residence, did I feel I belonged here for any amount of time as a salaried person.

[Belmont]

[willy]

Ls650 you bank half? Do you drink? Smoke or go out to dinner? What do you live in?

When I first got here I too banked about that.
Rented a room no a/c bath outside cooked on a kerosene stove ate on the street didn�t drink, see movies, eat western food�

Now I live in a house cook on gas have internet, 3 a/c`s, a maid, cable, eat pizza and live like I would at home. Wife and baby too

Let�s see rent 2.5, power 340, internet 750, phone1.1 maid 350 and movies 260 (1 a week) that�s 5.3mil, o forgot food and then there is the bla bla bla.

That�s it Foster if you are traveling and teach to travel its ok a little extra is all you need. However, if you are a teacher trying to live you need to get paid accordingly. That�s why EF pays 6 mil and JIKS pays 1,900US.

The schools like the young travelers best; why? You can treat them badly and pay them poorly knowing that there is another one to take he place. A friend of mine got hit by her DOS and she left. And you know the DOS got another one soon after.
Another DOS just cleans house every year, �we need to get rid of the bad apples and start fresh" 1.5 years 150% turn over hum?

[FGT]

Dear Willy,

I am an ageing, semi-computer literate, British teacher of English. I find your posts EXTREMELY difficult to understand. Do you use the same language in your classes? Can you write "normal" English? Personally, I would be grateful if you could communicate in a common tongue.

Thanking you in anticipation,

Yours etc

[dmb]

I agree FGT.
I find the the Telegraph's Cryptic crossword easier( I haven't yet completed one yet without Snoopy or Guty's help)

[Belmont]

In Willy's last post he mentioned EF and EWIK (can't see post to get the spelling) Any clues as to what those mean? Thanks.

Where in the world is our Willy anyway

[ls650]

[arioch36]

[willy]

Ls650, most excellent! I wish I could make that I need at least 6.5 to 7.5.

Hay Belmont, you are reading the Indonesian posts most know that EF =English First and JIKS is the Jakarta International Korean School. Do you want to teach in Indo. Or just looking around?

FGT, sorry its Indo-glish for me not English.

And of course anyone who would drive a 43 year old but into the desert thinks a little deferent. (I konw that gas pump is here some where)

[Wolf]

I've traveled to Toronto, The US, and Macau.

I've lived in Nova Scotia, China and Japan.

In China and Japan I taught EFL. In Nova Scotia, I was a student. In The US, Macau, and Toronto, I was a gawking tourist.

I hope that answers it.