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disregardedknowledge
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 Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:06 am Post subject: What to do when you think you have taught enough EFL |
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I am an American who has taught EFL for 6 plus years. I have saved a nice hunk of change (let's say 2/3 of $100,000 USD) and I am at the point where I really think it is time for a change. I don't know whether to invest or whether to go back to school and get another degree?
Part of me still says go ahead and stay in the field for 3 or 4 more years and continue to save and then do some investing or get another degree.
I am at my rope's end. Plus it doesn't help when one is presently unemployed back in the states jobless and he is watching his savings start to dwindle. Any advice? Any sound investments? What's hot career fields to look into for one with a BA in a liberal arts subject and an MS in education.
Is going back to school for a year worth it? What is a good area to study which would still provide a mid thirties man the opportunity to do something with his life? What could I do with my savings in terms of investing to make my money work for me while I am literally doing nothing? Or since I am in my mid thirties, should I accept that EFL is my career, keep searching for a teaching gig and do it for 10 to 20 more years??
Who else is feeling just like me???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The steady dwindling of my savings drives me nuts, but the thought of getting back into EFL, I must admit is close to being just as bad of a feeling!!!
Honestly, I am looking for some sound advice from other EFL Instructors (past and present) who asked or are asking themselves the same questions that I am asking myself now.
THANKS!!!!! |
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15yearsinQ8
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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if money was your prime motivator and you think your present pile of bling is enough , then quit
if you're satisfied with the status quo, then rock on
if you're bored , hey everybody hits peaks and valleys of passion in their career, ask yourself is this a temporary boredom or a permenant one
for temporary burnout
- move to another country
- take a long vacation
- take a summer off and revitalize your skills
for permanant burn out
- retool for another career
- marry a rich person |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:18 pm Post subject: Re: What to do when you think you have taught enough EFL |
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| disregardedknowledge wrote: |
| Honestly, I am looking for some sound advice from other EFL Instructors (past and present) who asked or are asking themselves the same questions that I am asking myself now. |
Unlike you, TEFL was a field that I entered in my late 30's so it was a second career... that first career was there to go back to whenever I wanted. Lots of TEFLers seem to have gone into the field almost accidentally. There are no "hot fields" for someone with a Liberal Arts education, which is, of course, it's main drawback. If your savings is a mere $60,000, you can't sit around for long especially if you are thinking of a career change.
I see your options as to take that money and:
Get certified for teaching in the schools where you can get a job with benefits.
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Change fields completely. Go into accounting or health care... both fields where it is easy to find jobs with benefits and decent pay.
Other than that take 15years advice and find a rich spouse... 
VS |
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scot47
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| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:12 am Post subject: |
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| US65,000 is not enough to retire or make a change in career. Keep trucking brother. |
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