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[JMO]

So, I've kind of resigned myself to a lifetime of teaching, but I want to make money. I make a decent amount in Korea in all the normal ways but I want more god damn it.

I have 4 years teaching experience in the ROK with two of those in University.

I have an honors degree in English Lit and a TEFL cert. That's it.

I basically value education as a way of making money. Unfortunately I figured this out after i went to uni(people go to uni way too early in life btw).

So this is the request.

Name a course/field of study that can lead to better jobs/more money in the general field of education(although other suggestions are welcome).

I could do a masters I know, but from a time/benefit point of view is it worth it? Is there a way to get qualified in something more useful online?

just heap some advice on me people...anyway I'm guessing there are other people out there in the same boat..you can help us all out.


basic criteria would be

* directly leads to better job opportunities
* allows me to travel/study languages
* is doable online(i want to keep my current full time and part time stuff for time being)

[Xuanzang]

You should have been a lawyer or accountant if you wanted to make money. Teaching is peanuts unless you went to Harvard like that guy who is on the KOrean lecture circuit talking about Harvard class of 96 and nothing else.

[JMO]

[socratesocks]

Hong Kong public schools. That's where the money is and you already qualify.

[JMO]

[socratesocks]

They hire once a year in like January or February, but who knows there might be teaching spots opening up if people leave their posts mid-semester (those normally aren't the schools you want though). The threads here on the international forums will guide you to all the good websites and give you all the info you need.

[Robot_Teacher]

I guess I didn't expect to make the $50K to $150K a year teaching like I had hoped for in a job dealing with high science that no one is hiring for today. Most people I've known either have money or good job through being born into it by luck or they're simply someone poor of modest means. It's always been nepotistic the world over regardless of country and time period with the exception of the mid to late 20th century America where the men went to a trade school after WW2 on their GI Bill and got great jobs that led to great careers allowing home ownership and raising of families with no worries and big beautiful cars in the driveway with practically all the free oil and gas you wanted surrounded by huge green yards full of big oak trees. Don't expect the economic level and ease of gaining it most seen in their time as this is a new age on Earth and that was a special time due to a upward cycle of America becoming great much like how the short live dot com boom was in the 90's except it lasted 60 years or more for them. Now, back home, only ones with money are inheriting old money. Whatever happened to successful rags to riches. Asia baby, but not for ESL'ers; just a cog job.

Teaching is lower, I mean very lower, middle class in both Korea and America though America can pay a bit more with added benefits like student loan reduction or forgiveness, but it's a hard hard job in America. Uh, Wall Street and big firms aren't hiring so forget it for now. Try to save and invest?

[socratesocks]

It's not lower class in America. I know lower class in America and teaching is solidly middle class.

[JMO]

Thanks for the advice Socrates. i'll check that out in the morning. I'd also add another question to this thread.

Anyone studying something online at the moment that they find interesting/beneficial? It doesn't have to be education related.

[The_Source]

[azzwell]

[egrog1717]

[Insomnia]

[azzwell]

low end is about 3500$ us up to about 7000$ us plus housing allowance, airfare, lots more vacation than here, no camps.

[nicam]