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jgmodlin
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Brunei would be the holy grail from what I can see. Unfortunately the public education scheme that they offer specifically excludes Americans. Well, it actually states that you have to have graduated from a unversity located in: Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, or South Africa. South Africa? nothing against them, but go figure. I guess it must be the difference in grammar and spelling, but even HK doesn't restrict Americans from their program. I read some posts from an American (from Texas I believe) who has just managed to get some sort of teaching position there but it wasn't with the education scheme and he seemed to indicate that it wasn't as well paid.
Any idea if there are any non-school system jobs to be had there? I envy your being placed in HK Marcoregano. I did shoot an application to the HK SNET deal but it was passed on... |
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Marcoregano
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Location: Hong Kong
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| Those countries are all Commonwealth members (mostly ex-UK colonies) so they have a special relationship with each other and with the UK, and I think this explains why there's sometimes a 'members-only' club - it's not anything anti-US. The same applies in HK, which might explain why there are less US on the NET programme. However, in the last couple of years the NET prog has recruited quite a number of US teachers (nearly 30) so it might be worth your while having another go. Also lots of big international schools in HK you could apply to. |
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MELEE
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Location: The Mexican Hinterland
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| Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:10 pm Post subject: Re: ESL abroad with Japanese spouse, teaching/work opportuni |
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FYI, I am 42 she's 34 and we plan to have children in the next couple of years.
Thanks in advance! |
I see you said you are now expecting. You will have to think seriously about the medical costs you will be facing and how that will be covered. Also Japan and many other countries around the world treat birth and pregnancy in different ways. What are your wife's expectations about her prenatal care and what sort of birth would she like to have? Make sure you plan for that.
It's highly unlikely that your Japanese wife would find legal work in most of Latin America, but medical costs are low, and you could work in Latin America and she could be in charge of starting that family. |
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jgmodlin
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| What are your wife's expectations about her prenatal care and what sort of birth would she like to have? |
Whichever way things pan out, we are planning to have the baby here in the USA first. After the baby comes we would then be able to relocate. It might work out that I relocate for some period ( a few months?) earlier than she does.
Latin America would be a nice place to work and live. In fact, we have a trip planned to Oaxaca during my school's spring break. While a teacher's salary would probably be a decent lifestyle across much of Latin America, I don't think I would want to derail money and savings towards retirement by not being able to send money back to fund retirement accounts. That has always been my biggest fear of living abroad, failing to put away money towards retirement. In Japan I managed to save and max out the Roth IRA too each year.
Pediatric care abroad would also naturally be a concern, but hopefully most places wouldn't be bad off in that department. With exceptions of course. |
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JZer
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| Good idea Glenski! I have a student from Brazil in one of my high school ESL classes here in Virginia who is crazy about all things Japan. A former co-worker in Tokyo had taught in Brazil and was also pretty high on the place. |
Good luck trying to get a visa to live in Brazil. |
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JZer
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We have been looking at east Asia, possibly Taiwan, Vietnam, or Korea. I would like to be able to have a decent enough lifestyle and save a bit too. We are both frugal and are content to take a holiday once a year or so and not spend money on drinking and dining out.
Incidentally I have a state of Virginia teacher's license with an endorsement in ESL and teach public high school. |
Taiwan might be a good bet. I live in Taiwan and there are language schools that teach Japanese. You could try to get a job at an international school in Taiwan. If you want to earn extra for retirement then just get a job that gets off at four and work at a language school in the evening for retirement money. You could also pull in an extra $400US by working Saturdays if you want. That could be money towards retirement. |
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