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[thrifty]

Getting out of TEFL for the long term TEFLer is in inverse proportion to the ease of getting into TEFLer.

[bhog]

OK so besides Thrifty, any other ideas? What are all the other relatively young people planning for their future?

[anospi]

I guess I fit into the category of "relatively young" at 26.

I have a Bachelor of Engineering, and worked for three years for a Hydro Electric company as a software developer. The pay and conditions were good. The long hours and beaurocracy were not. So I quit and started TEFLing. I've been doing this for 18 months, and I love it.

What are my plans? Well, I'm starting a 9 month position in Poland in September, and after that I'd like to work in either South America or Africa. Money isn't my prime concern at this stage, but experience is. If I'm still enjoying teaching as much in 2 years time as I am now, I'll look at further study options. Perhaps I'll do a MA. Perhaps I'll do a BEd so I can teach in Australian high schools.

If I get sick of teaching, I can always go back to software development or some other field related to my degree.

Sometimes I feel like I really should have a better plan. But I'm not the kind of person who can plan things years ahead.

[Calories]

My lover, who has just a GED and a tefl cert. plans on going to uni eventually getting teaching qualifications and teaching high school science and math.

I don't know exactly what I want do yet besides finish my BA and go to grad school for things mostly unrelated to teaching English overseas.

[guangho]

I'm doing my M.Ed. now and have 2 more semesters to go. I'm also doing freelance writing and editing and having a few clients means I can foresee a glorious time when I can move on from begging people to be my clients to begging my clients to pay me.

The neat thing about freelance writing and editing (as well as teaching Uni courses online) is that they can be done from anywhere. I love this mobility.

[rossttuedu]

I've got a B.A. in both Linguistic and Cultural Anthropology. The field of Anthropology no longer appeals to me. However, I plan on teaching English in China and continuing my studies in Mandarin. After I believe I have sufficient international work experience and have a bit more knowledge in the language I plan on taking my skills to business grad school and going into the field of human resources management. I figure with such a globalized world my skills in English, Spanish, Mandarin, cross-cultural communication, and advanced business degree I can find a job somewhere doing something. I suppose time will tell..

[DainaJ]