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I just assumed white guys teaching english in asia had asian fetishes.
 
I just love hot steamy asian sex. So I might retire over in Korea.
 
santeesioux said:
I'd be cool living somewhere like Hokkaido and Kyushu, do you know if the cost of living is really high in more remote places like those?
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I lived in Hokkaido for a spell. It is certainly cheaper to live in the remote areas up north, but the isolation can be costly in terms of sanity...
 
MickZagger said:
Don't you have to know the language of the country you're in to be able to teach them English? Like how am I supposed to go to China, not knowing any Chinese myself and then try and translate shit to English.
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Teaching English (well) is not about translation whatsoever. All you really need is the basics to get by on the street.
 
hoojacks said:
Teaching English (well) is not about translation whatsoever. All you really need is the basics to get by on the street.
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Yeah. Besides, most of the Chinese children begin learning English in grade school.
 
santeesioux said:
What specifically made you realize you didn't want to be an English teacher?
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First off, being a good language teacher requires specific personality traits, such as being energetic and enthusiastic and sort of colorful. I'm not any of those. Plus, it's not like teaching other subjects where you can get by on trusting your students will pick up everything you say. You need to stick to the lesson plan and repeat yourself over and over and over. Frankly, it's exhausting, and I have a hard time in dumbing down my speech. I am a much better teacher/tutor to those who speak English fluently.
 
EL PRESIDENTE said:
I just assumed white guys teaching english in asia had asian fetishes.
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I'm a big fan of the samurai shit, and want to see all of the castles. Could probably do that on one of those vacation visas i guess.
 
Yeah. The best are the temples out in the middle of nowhere with hot springs and monkeys everywhere
 
riverman said:
It's expensive everywhere but Hokkaido is not a mecca for students..fishing farming area..beautiful place but you can enjoy those places traveling from better areas for teaching.
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This is a place I'd like to visit. The Ainu culture interests me a lot.
 
hoojacks said:
First off, being a good language teacher requires specific personality traits, such as being energetic and enthusiastic and sort of colorful. I'm not any of those.
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Crap, i'm not any of those things either, maybe i should be an IT guy over there.
 
Don't lie bro, they were already smarter than you
 
hoojacks said:
notice i said a "good" language teacher. you can be a bad one and still get paid. i sure did
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I'd kind of feel bad for the students though, getting shortchanged by having a bad teacher. Kind of like public schools here, lol.
 
santeesioux said:
I'd kind of feel bad for the students though, getting shortchanged by having a bad teacher. Kind of like public schools here, lol.
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The Chinese students I taught were respectful and quiet. Quite a contrast from the public schools here.
 
Hobbesarable said:
The Chinese students I taught were respectful and quiet. Quite a contrast from the public schools here.
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I'll be honest, i have zero desire to teach here, but thought it might be cool in the Asian countries for that reason, ha ha.
 
santeesioux said:
I'd kind of feel bad for the students though, getting shortchanged by having a bad teacher. Kind of like public schools here, lol.
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This is the biggest reason why I don't wanna do it again. The students were trying so hard and I was just a baaaad teacher.
 
Were you teaching them obscure words they had probably never heard before?
 
I did it to supplement my income when I was living in Spain. Fun stuff. The private tutorials pay pretty well.
 
A friend of mine went to Japan after school to teach English. Back in the late 70's.
He married and stayed and is currently a Professor in Yokohama at Kanagawa University, while living in Tokyo.

Stumbled across his name a few years ago as a bidder from Japan on a vintage jazz guitar on Ebay and we have stayed in touch. He seems quite happy.

He once told me he "could never afford" to move back to the US. I'm not sure what he meant by that.:dunno:
 
hoojacks said:
This is the biggest reason why I don't wanna do it again. The students were trying so hard and I was just a baaaad teacher.
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That makes sense to me. I have not taught English, but I have taught in English to mostly native English speakers, and that's hard enough for me to do well. I'd be absolutely horrible as a language teacher.

barfo
 
Finish this thought. I'll rep the best post.

Those who can, do.

Those who can't, teach.

Those who can't teach, _____________.
 
barfo said:
That makes sense to me. I have not taught English, but I have taught in English to mostly native English speakers, and that's hard enough for me to do well. I'd be absolutely horrible as a language teacher.

barfo
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It's teach english abroad, not teach english to a broad. Can't you read english?
 
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