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Halcyon Chimera
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 Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:28 pm Post subject: I'm an English teacher, GF just got her social work degree.. |
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So, I am confident I can land a somewhat decent gig with my qualifications (bachelor's and master's in English secondary education, one year of teaching experience, class A and class B teaching certificates). My GF has a social work degree but her English is poor (well, maybe I critique her grammar too often.) If I found a job, how hard would it be for her to find one either in social work or possibly as an ESL teacher? She can teach music, she's worked with young children before as an intern in high school, so she may can find a job teaching children English... We really don't know how well our options weigh out. She's already working on getting a passport though.
So, would anyone suggest certain cities ripe with potential for us? Or do I need to go at it alone?  She won't like that, but ya' gotta' do what ya' gotta' do... |
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spiral78
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Location: On a Short Leash
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| Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| What country do you want to work in? This is a very international forum! |
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Halcyon Chimera
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| Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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| spiral78 wrote: |
| What country do you want to work in? This is a very international forum! |
oh sorry we are mainly looking at china or really any asian countries except koreA would be fine.. japan would be great too |
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tttompatz
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Location: Talibon, Bohol, Philippines
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:05 am Post subject: |
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| Halcyon Chimera wrote: |
| spiral78 wrote: |
| What country do you want to work in? This is a very international forum! |
oh sorry we are mainly looking at china or really any Asian countries except koreA would be fine.. japan would be great too |
As long as you both hold passports from an anglophone country (Canada, US, UK, NZ, AUS) and a bachelors degree you can find legal work in ALL of Asia.
Easiest places to find work would be China (for the fall term) and Thailand (for starts in May).
Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia would also be easy options but the work will be in language academies. China and/or Thailand also place a lot of teachers into regular schools (public, government and private).
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Zero
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:16 am Post subject: Re: I'm an English teacher, GF just got her social work degr |
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| Halcyon Chimera wrote: |
So, I am confident I can land a somewhat decent gig with my qualifications (bachelor's and master's in English secondary education, one year of teaching experience, class A and class B teaching certificates). My GF has a social work degree but her English is poor (well, maybe I critique her grammar too often.) If I found a job, how hard would it be for her to find one either in social work or possibly as an ESL teacher? She can teach music, she's worked with young children before as an intern in high school, so she may can find a job teaching children English... We really don't know how well our options weigh out. She's already working on getting a passport though.
So, would anyone suggest certain cities ripe with potential for us? Or do I need to go at it alone? She won't like that, but ya' gotta' do what ya' gotta' do... |
Here are some warning signs I see:
-you are heading to China or other developing nations with a "from back home" partner. I always advise against this, because the hot Asian females come out of the woodwork when there is a white guy around. (And it's NOT because, as they will claim, you are so handsome or because of shortcomings of Chinese men. But you have to learn that the hard way.) Anyway, men are men, and the temptation is too much for most.
-you are not married, so the bond is not as strong as a married couple. Ergo, even more chance of your relationship failing.
-I sense that your commitment to her is not 100 percent in the first place, from your statements.
-you seem to be leading this foray into Asia, and she seems to be more of a tagalong.
This is not going to end well. Extricate yourself now. Enjoy Asia as a single man, and save her a lot of trouble. |
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Halcyon Chimera
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:24 am Post subject: Re: I'm an English teacher, GF just got her social work degr |
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| Zero wrote: |
| Halcyon Chimera wrote: |
So, I am confident I can land a somewhat decent gig with my qualifications (bachelor's and master's in English secondary education, one year of teaching experience, class A and class B teaching certificates). My GF has a social work degree but her English is poor (well, maybe I critique her grammar too often.) If I found a job, how hard would it be for her to find one either in social work or possibly as an ESL teacher? She can teach music, she's worked with young children before as an intern in high school, so she may can find a job teaching children English... We really don't know how well our options weigh out. She's already working on getting a passport though.
So, would anyone suggest certain cities ripe with potential for us? Or do I need to go at it alone? She won't like that, but ya' gotta' do what ya' gotta' do... |
Here are some warning signs I see:
-you are heading to China or other developing nations with a "from back home" partner. I always advise against this, because the hot Asian females come out of the woodwork when there is a white guy around. (And it's NOT because, as they will claim, you are so handsome or because of shortcomings of Chinese men. But you have to learn that the hard way.) Anyway, men are men, and the temptation is too much for most.
-you are not married, so the bond is not as strong as a married couple. Ergo, even more chance of your relationship failing.
-I sense that your commitment to her is not 100 percent in the first place, from your statements.
-you seem to be leading this foray into Asia, and she seems to be more of a tagalong.
This is not going to end well. Extricate yourself now. Enjoy Asia as a single man, and save her a lot of trouble. |
As much as I don't want to admit it, you're spot on. She really just wants to go because I am going. And I will feel guilty leaving her behind. She's a great GF and all, but I need employment and this is ideal for me right now. Eh, it's a tough road, but I guess it just comes down to me choosing. |
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Glenski
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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Re: Japan
Market is terribly flooded. You stand a far better chance than she does. If all she wants to do for work is teach music, I'd say stay home. |
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Halcyon Chimera
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| Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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Re: Japan
Market is terribly flooded. You stand a far better chance than she does. If all she wants to do for work is teach music, I'd say stay home. |
Thanks. Food for thought Now to figure out if I want S. Korea or China... The mess between North and South Korea has me nervous about choosing South Korea... I'm not starting a discussion about Korea in the wrong forum.. Just sayin'.. |
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naturegirl321
Joined: 04 May 2003
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Location: home sweet home
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| Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Halcyon Chimera wrote: |
| Glenski wrote: |
Re: Japan
Market is terribly flooded. You stand a far better chance than she does. If all she wants to do for work is teach music, I'd say stay home. |
Thanks. Food for thought Now to figure out if I want S. Korea or China... The mess between North and South Korea has me nervous about choosing South Korea... I'm not starting a discussion about Korea in the wrong forum.. Just sayin'.. |
here's the thing, whether it's Korea, the UK, Egypt, Canada, the US, or anywhere, there will ALWAYS be people who tell you it's dangerous for one reason or another. War, depression, recession, strikes, mass hysteria, look, I've lived in "dangerous" countries for the past 8 years. Never had issues. The media plays it up. My parents have called me worried about bombs, wars, strikes, etc and they usually find out before I do even though I'm living in the country. That's because it's not that big a deal.
That "huge" strike you see on the news might only be a limited to a block, or the "ongoing war" is similar to the war on terror that the US has.
Here's food for thought: Mexico is the murder capital of the world, yet it's a pretty popular country to teach in
http://www.fpif.org/articles/murder_capital_of_the_world
the US is the most armed country in the world. http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/08/28/us-world-firearms-idusl2834893820070828 Remember Columbine? I was in HS when that happened and I remember mass hysteria sweeping the nation. We had 9 fights break out in 5 days and in my entire HS career (which was only two years), that was the only time I saw a fight,
I have friends in Egypt and while they say it's not too good at the moment, the media is portraying it as FAR worse than it is.
There are metal detectors in US schools, drugs, HS students get arrested for carrying guns to schools, drive by shootings. I could go on, but you get my point.
I honestly after teaching for 8 years in China (communist, fighting with Tibet, Taiwan, etc) , Korea (on going war) and Peru (where they recently had a dictatorship and the guy who almost became Pres is best friends with Chavez and wanted to be a dictator, oh and he's running again) and living in Spain, Czech Rep, and Scotland, feel the most unsafe in the US. I felt the safest in (communist, to use my father's words) China and Korea (a country that just celebrated 60 years of "on-going" war because they just signed an armistice and not a peace treaty.
As for messes, well, in my opinion, I'm more worried about my parents then me, the nuclear missiles or whatever are trained on the US, not South Korea. that would be stupid. Borders don't stop nuclear backwash. Besides, they're all for peaceul reunification. Just like Germany. They're brothers.
Another thing you could do is sign up with the US embassy. the send out alerts. We had two attacks in the past year here, I got US embassy emails and they have my parents' phone numbers on file (not mine, which is odd, but whatever, it's a form that you fill out). the students I teach have mandatory nearly 2 year military service. I figure if they're not worried (and they could be called up to fight and potentially die), then why should I? |
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