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Professor
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 Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 4:27 pm Post subject: Does EFL teaching help one who returns home?? |
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Does living and teaching EFL in Mexico or any other country help one get a job once he/she returns to their home country?? Are there any here who used to live in Mexico teaching EFL and have returned home?? If so how did EFL teaching and living abroad help you economically at home??
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Professor
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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We might not hear from anyone for this one. I've gone back years on some threads and have noticed that most who used to be here are now GONE.
High turn over rate.
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Phil_K
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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| I haven't had the experience of returning from abroad to live, but I would imagine that among the benefits would be the acquisition of a second language, especially in the UK where it is so rare, and a realization that any problems, real or imagined, that your first-world country had would be put in perspective by your experiences in a less developed country. |
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Professor
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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| I have a friend who lived and taught EFL in China for two years and then he returned to the States. He's working at Target. True story. |
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Professor
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Phil_K wrote: |
| I haven't had the experience of returning from abroad to live, but I would imagine that among the benefits would be the acquisition of a second language |
I had another friend who lived and taught EFL in S. Korea for almost ten years. His ability to speak fluent Korean didn't help HIM at all. He went to work for Walgreens. |
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Prof.Gringo
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Professor wrote: |
| I have a friend who lived and taught EFL in China for two years and then he returned to the States. He's working at Target. True story. |
I met 2 guys that taught English in Asia, one in Taiwan and another in the PRC and they were cleaning fish in Alaska on-board "slave" ships.
I also met another guy that spent soemthing like 20 years in the PRC and he was living in a cheap hostel, doing day-labor and riding a 2nd hand bike.
I have never met somebody that taught English in Mexico and went back home.
I guess I could use my fluency in Spanish to get a job as a manager at a fast-food joint. |
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Phil_K
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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RE: the previous three posts:
The same cod can be used to create Fish & Chips or a gourmet meal. |
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Professor
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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The same cod can be used to create Fish & Chips or a gourmet meal. |
How? please enlighten me.  |
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Phil_K
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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| O sea, he who succeeds uses the resources he has available to better advantage than he who doesn't succeed. |
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Prof.Gringo
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Phil_K wrote: |
RE: the previous three posts:
The same cod can be used to create Fish & Chips or a gourmet meal. |
Yep. Alaska cod is GREAT for Fish n Chips.
Phil, do you know of ANY Fish&Chip places in the DF?
I am getting hungry now |
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Professor
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Phil_K wrote: |
| O sea, he who succeeds uses the resources he has available to better advantage than he who doesn't succeed. |
Thanks for clearing that up for me Phil K. I momentarily forgot that people who are in bad situations only have themselves to blame.  |
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Prof.Gringo
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Phil_K wrote: |
| O sea, he who succeeds uses the resources he has available to better advantage than he who doesn't succeed. |
Very true. My back-up plan, if all else fails is this:
Use my ability to speak Spanish, my national food manager certification, and ability to lead and inspire people (all those hours spent in colegios) to land a career position at a national fast-food chain.
Don't laugh  , in 3 years you can be a general manager and make $40-60,000 a year depending on the location. |
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Phil_K
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Prof.Gringo wrote: |
| Phil_K wrote: |
RE: the previous three posts:
The same cod can be used to create Fish & Chips or a gourmet meal. |
Yep. Alaska cod is GREAT for Fish n Chips.
Phil, do you know of ANY Fish&Chip places in the DF?
I am getting hungry now |
Wrong! Atlantic cod is better!
Real fish & chips, no. There are a few places that do fish with breadcrumbs and McDonalds-style fries, and call it fish and chips, but cod in beer batter and real potatoes, I haven't found yet. But, although we are going off message, that illustrates the previous point; with the desire to do it, starting a fish & chip shop in D.F. would almost certainly succeed, the true entrepreneur would be drawing up his business plan as I speak... |
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Professor
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Phil_K wrote: |
| O sea, he who succeeds uses the resources he has available to better advantage than he who doesn't succeed. |
Prof. Gringo, the next time you're in Alaska and you meet those guys who are working on a slave ship and they used to teach EFL remind them of the above. |
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Professor
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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| No takers yet, huh?? |
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