My advice? You're young, single and child-free. Now is *definitley* the time to try something like this. Why the hell not? Especially since you've lived there and have some familiarity. It doesn't sound like running to me, it sounds like an experience. Possibly a really good one. Travel while you can.
My friend van donovan (you can find him on my flist, he's the one always posting about Dr. Who) applied, but he hasn't gone yet. You might ask him for info.
<3 you. And if you have a chance to travel, by all means come by here. You're welcome, either in the guest room here or in my place if I've moved by then.
I'm in Japan right now, and taught English with one of the larger private companies last year; feel free to email me if you're looking for more information. Go for it.
OK, I'm gonna take a wild guess that you are either applying for JET or an Eikaiwa like Aeon or Geos. I hope that you have taken the recent happening with Nova into account in your considerations. Eikawa isn't too stressful because tehy usually have a very basic curriculum and supply all materials - or so say my friends who have done this. I work at a small private international elementary school and it is not a work place i would reccomend even though I know that we will soon be looking for more teachers (the staff and the owner are having issues over the organisation or lack thereof
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Have you considered applying to one of the American Schools? They are K-12 schools with bilingual curricula, and they are always looking for teachers. Some require teaching degrees and some just require college degrees. The one I negotiated with asked for a two year commitment. The salary was piss-poor, but they gave you housing and housekeeping services and some other stuff I can't remember now. They also gave you free language lessons, and were willing to pay for a Masters in Education if you were interested. I think the benefits depend upon the country and how much they need teachers. I was interviewing for a position teaching 11th and 12th grade honors English Lit, which would have been a dream job. I don't have a teaching degree, btw
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My friend van donovan (you can find him on my flist, he's the one always posting about Dr. Who) applied, but he hasn't gone yet. You might ask him for info.
<3 you. And if you have a chance to travel, by all means come by here. You're welcome, either in the guest room here or in my place if I've moved by then.
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