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santi84
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| I will be sending mine to the local (francophone) school. Canada probably isn't an option for you but it works well for me. |
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chezal
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| Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:44 am Post subject: |
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You are a teacher. You have 3-4 years before your soon-to-be-born child will need nursery school or 5-6 before kindergarten. Build your credentials and move into a better school.
Decent bilingual, international or top tier local schools (anywhere in Asia) will offer an education on par with the best that Europe has to offer (in terms of public education) and top tier schools in Asia will match the best anywhere else on the planet.. |
I have to agree with tttompatz up you qualifications. I'm also married to an Indonesian and we both wanted to stay in Indonesia for the long term. I realised I'd never be able to afford for any child we may have to go to a decent school here. A large number of the local public schools are awful and the internationals beyond an esl teachers reach.
We made the decision to return to the UK so I could get the qualifications to work in an International school. Now I'm back in Indonesia after 3 years at home and I easily tripled my salary and any future child would get a free
education. You need money for everything in Indonesia and it's not getting cheaper. The increased salary alone makes it beneficial to up y |
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chezal
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| Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:48 am Post subject: |
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| Sorry the iPhone cut off what I was saying. The increase salary alone is a great be benefit of upping your qualifications. However having a masters in TEFL seems to be of little use in Indonesia in terms of getting a better job. |
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