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Mchristophermsw · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 228

I was wondering how many people with Post-Grad Degrees in other fields and other careers have left their profession to take up teaching over seas?
If so try to answer the following questions?

((This is late addition, someone made a comment about BA degrees, I should have included them with the original post (Sorry). So please, if you have a Bachelors degree, please join the post, it would be great to hear from you!)).

1) Which degree (s)
2) Which career
3) Are you happier now and would you do it agian if given the chance?

Everone is welcomed to expand on these three questions

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

1. MS

2. biotechnology research

3. maybe. Depends a lot on the circumstances.

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

B Ed.
Career in Business
Yes, Yes, Yes!!!
Currently completing MA TEFL/TESL and find it endlessly interesting

tedkarma · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:01 am Post subject:

1. M.Ed., MBA

2. Social Services Admin/Business

3. Much much much happier. No one calls me at home with problems anymore! Smile

4. Wish I had started 15 years earlier.

sheeba · Joined: 17 Jun 2004 Posts: 1123

1.BSc Business Statistics

2.Accountancy

3. About 10 times happier

4. Wish I had started this 8 years ago.

ntropy · Joined: 11 Oct 2003 Posts: 671 Location: ghurba

1) MA History

2) Academe

3) yes and no. Depends which day you ask me. No regrets.

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

MA Psychology

research assistant(for four months)

Very happy

Jizzo T. Clown · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:44 pm Post subject:

1. Bachelor's of Business Administration, Management

2. Sales Rep

3. This is infinitely more interesting, fun, and challenging!

Ben Round de Bloc · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1946

1) Which degree? BA in Education, MA in TESOL (finished the MA shortly before moving abroad)

2) Which career? Teacher in my home country

3) Are you happier now and would you do it again if given the chance? Yes, I'm much happier now. If I'd been in a financial position to go to grad school and then make the move about 10 years sooner, I would have.

saloc · Joined: 04 Jul 2003 Posts: 102

L.L.B

Lawyer

Much happier. Would probably do it again.

drteacher · Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 17

1. BA English Literature/Philosophy
2. Bartender/ Zamboni Driver (Canadian cultural icon)
3. My experiences have enriched my life in ways that are extraordinary
Razz

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

QatarChic · Joined: 06 May 2005 Posts: 445 Location: Qatar

-BA Spanish/Italian currently doing MA in ELT/Applied Linguistics
-Freelance interpreter
-Happy and would do it again

bdawg · Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Posts: 526 Location: Nanjing

- BA Natural Resource Geography
- Forestry/Silviculture
- About the same. Love the overseas lifestyle, but don't find TEFLing as fullfilling or as important as what I previously did.