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JZer
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| Nothing wrong in that, but teaching is a lot more than earning enough money to get stoned/wasted/laid. Look at it from the point of view of the student: learning English is often a way of escaping from poverty, real poverty, not just being temporarily short of beer tokens. |
One can be a good teacher and still get laid and party in their free time. That would be like saying that a professional teacher in the US or England could not teach and have a family as well. Well some people may have believed that in the 1700's. |
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JZer
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| Yes, there is a certain element of altruism in teaching English, but does anybody do it and not get a single thing out of it for themselves? |
I wonder why there is such an element of altruism in regards to teaching English? This altruism does not exist when teaching German, Spanish, or French back home. At least it doesn't in my opinion.
I think part of the problem here is that there are English teachers who are professionals and those who are not. The market for English teachers allows about anyone the opportunity to teach English since the demand for native speakers is so high. |
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