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MADAMELEACH
Joined: 27 Aug 2009
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 Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:34 pm Post subject: AGE 60 + TEACHERS -WE GOT TO LIVE too! |
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Are there any optimistic teachers, still working adn hope to continue at age 60 or above who can say there is work for them?
I am a bit worried about my future since I got peanuts to live on, I have to work until I drop to age 68=even though I am good at what i do with my Uni degree plus ESOL Certs and years of experience.
What's it like for you guys? Male or female. Thank you |
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norwalkesl
Joined: 22 Oct 2009
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Location: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-China
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| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:09 pm Post subject: Re: AGE 60 + TEACHERS -WE GOT TO LIVE too! |
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| MADAMELEACH wrote: |
Are there any optimistic teachers, still working adn hope to continue at age 60 or above who can say there is work for them?
I am a bit worried about my future since I got peanuts to live on, I have to work until I drop to age 68=even though I am good at what i do with my Uni degree plus ESOL Certs and years of experience.
What's it like for you guys? Male or female. Thank you |
I am a 48 yo man and just beginning a career in ESL, and fully plan on working well into my early 60's, possibly as long as 70+ if the passion and love is still there. When I get my MA in a few years (should I enjoy the teaching, which I do...), then I plan to work, put away some money, do a few years in the Kingdom and the other place$, putting more money away to be able to work two years, take 6 months off, lather, rinse, repeat.
I have had the last year off, and quickly learned that 'retirement' just is not for me. I was beyond bored with the typical 55+ lifestyle I tried out in Phoenix with older relatives, and realized I need to work at least 2/3rds of the year to retain my sanity, but need to balance that with more time off than is common in the US. Working 51 weeks a year with 5 days paid holiday is the other end of the spectrum, and also not desirable. |
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MADAMELEACH
Joined: 27 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:57 pm Post subject: AGE 60 AND OVER PEANUTS FOR US OR THE GUTTER? |
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BUT YOU'RE ONLY 48! 
THANKS ANYWAY  |
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norwalkesl
Joined: 22 Oct 2009
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Location: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-China
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:56 am Post subject: |
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My friend who teaches in the ME has explicitly informed me that there are teachers up to age of 70 that are in the ESL field right now in the ME. With the proper credentials there is no problem. Just apply and keep applying.
BTW, thanks for using the words "only" and "48" in a sentence. Made my day! |
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lensman
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
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Location: Australia
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 7:25 am Post subject: |
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I started my ESL �career� in China when I was 57. Chinese universities are some of the easier places to find work for oldies.
Japan is probably one of the harder places for over 50s to find work. A few days after my sixtieth birthday I flew there and within a week I had found part-time work at a small language school. About two weeks later I scored an ALT position with a JHS.
If you are over 50 it�s a waste of time applying for jobs on sites like Gaijinpot. The dispatch company that I worked for were advertising on Gaijinpot, but I found their phone number, arranged an interview, and they took me on.
I didn�t get the first job they put me up for because the Board of Education thought I was too old. Luckily each city has its own BoE, and next time they first introduced me to both the main guy at City Hall and the school principal. I must have looked the part as I got the job.
Being �old� does make it more difficult, but if you have a youthful attitude and look the part, there is work out there.
In just over two years when I am 65 my pension kicks in, but I intend to keep on doing a bit of teaching.
I have been in Phnom Penh for a week, and now that the Water Festival has finished I can start doing the rounds of the local schools. It�s an interesting place and if I can get enough hours to survive I might stay for a year or two. If not, China beckons.
Give it a go, nothing to lose. |
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MADAMELEACH
Joined: 27 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:42 pm Post subject: 60 + I'M STILL STANDING |
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Makes me feel a bit better now.
AT least there is hope if we can still physically stand  and don't have to climb those awful flights of steps they have in Asia, particularly China. I have had bad knees since 40 (now 61) but I can still muster up the energy to get attention in the class.
[size=12]just bring on the jobs! I will need a roof over my head at 68 and since may be able to recieve a state pension (well 3 quarters of one) I could manage to get some food and lodgings whislt still teaching at 68.[/size] |
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:44 am Post subject: |
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| lensman wrote: |
| Japan is probably one of the harder places for over 50s to find work. |
Uh, not really. That's a myth.
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| A few days after my sixtieth birthday I flew there and within a week I had found part-time work at a small language school. About two weeks later I scored an ALT position with a JHS. |
See? You just contradicted yourself! |
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lensman
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The exception makes the rule.  |
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khmerhit
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| Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:26 am Post subject: |
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I have been in Phnom Penh for a week, and now that the Water Festival has finished I can start doing the rounds of the local schools. It�s an interesting place and if I can get enough hours to survive I might stay for a year or two. If not, China beckons.
Give it a go, nothing to lose. |
c a m b o d i a
try it and see |
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