Don't become an English teacher overseas

Several of my cousins have done it and have nothing but great things to say about their experiences. Some have even taken off across the world with young children. South Africa, Ukraine, Thailand and Mongolia.

better to bomb other countries than teach them

South Korea/Japan suck

99% of them them will never and I mean NEVER learn to speak any language other than their own

So it's totally pointless to teach them

Then factor in the world's worst pollution (Both South Korea and Japan have higher population density than China!!) and the fact that the food down there absolutely auks (They all eat 50 cent noodles there every day, for every meal, seriously)

All the woman are ugly and have short legs.

Japan/Korea suck so much

Pay is peanuts, a fraction of what a fast food worker makes.

South Korean Korean people are at least not rude. The Japanese ? Trash of the worst sort...

Every ENGLISH teacher there is depressed, overweight, many are alcoholics alcoholic and a few are disappointed pedophiles

By the the idiot that said it's not in their culture to be disrespectful has never been to Japan/Thailand

in Japan and Thailand kids are out of control, especially Japan..they can do anything at all and face 0 consequences

Korea is the best of the lot but it is also rapidly declining

Only Asian countries with respectful populations are Singapore and Taiwan but those are going bad also

Thanks for posting OP

Many countries that advertise for retirement havens for those still needing to work tell couples adapting to their future to recommend middle-aged couple have one of the two teach TEFL for a base in the country while they get used to it and learn the language.

Sounds horrible

They say the pay is good and affords a VERY nice apartment.

I've been to Japan. Most of them don't speak English and don't want to learn. There was one guy who did say "fuck you" to me in English. Then there was another guy who said some crap to me in bad English about Hiroshima and World War 2.

The only polite people I encountered in Japan were some of the service people, but that was only because they were paid to be polite. The average Japanese person hates foreigners.

I've been to Japan. Most of them don't speak English and don't want to learn. There was one guy who did say "fuck you" to me in English. Then there was another guy who said some crap to me in bad English about Hiroshima and World War 2.

The only polite people I encountered in Japan were some of the service people, but that was only because they were paid to be polite. The average Japanese person hates foreigners.

I did it for a few years after college because I was entitled and didn't want to settle for a desk job. Let me tell you, there is nothing adventurous or lucrative about doing the TEFL thing.

I did my time in Thailand and Japan, and if I could do it over again I would have gotten a steady job and simply gone on vacations to those countries while working a real job.

Spending your days with screaming kids who can't speak your language makes you want to pull your hair out. You also aren't a real teacher as there is no real curriculum or accountability, so you just kind of make it up as you go along.

Then you have to deal with idiotic bosses who care more about selling a White face to the kids' parents more than anything else. You get paid just enough to live at your host country and not save much of anything. Wages are also trending downwards due to the hordes of delusional adventure-seekers flooding these countries.

I'm now back in the States, and I'm working at a warehouse for peanuts because TEFL experience doesn't exactly lend to the perception of professional career development. Most employers just see it as a working vacation or slacking off.

Then there's the issue with not paying in to Social Security and Medicare abroad. I know some guys in their 60s who taught for decades, are being forced out of TEFL due to age and won't be eligible for Social Security or Medicare when they get back home since they haven't paid into it. They'll literally work at Walmart or McDonalds until they drop dead.

Just forget about TEFL and get a real career.

Kids in Thailand and Japan do not behave that way at all!

Spending your days with screaming kids who can't speak your language makes you want to pull your hair out. You also aren't a real teacher as there is no real curriculum or accountability, so you just kind of make it up as you go along.


I've done the same and it's simply not in their nature to be disrespectful.

Sorry OP. But I can hardly believe from my many experiences overseas.

Where exactly did you find such a situation/students?

Yeah it's true

Think about how many of them we let into North America (Millions) and how many Americans do they let into Japan? maybe a few thousand at most...

And they are all treated like shit

huh

I thought this thread was gonna be about rape.

So I guess the Asian poo-see isn't enuf of a trade-off...

Asians suck in bed. Sorry, but they are just boring.

Hot Latinas are where it's at.

I did it for a few years after college because I was entitled and didn't want to settle for a desk job. Let me tell you, there is nothing adventurous or lucrative about doing the TEFL thing.

I did my time in Thailand and Japan, and if I could do it over again I would have gotten a steady job and simply gone on vacations to those countries while working a real job.

Spending your days with screaming kids who can't speak your language makes you want to pull your hair out. You also aren't a real teacher as there is no real curriculum or accountability, so you just kind of make it up as you go along.

Then you have to deal with idiotic bosses who care more about selling a White face to the kids' parents more than anything else. You get paid just enough to live at your host country and not save much of anything. Wages are also trending downwards due to the hordes of delusional adventure-seekers flooding these countries.

I'm now back in the States, and I'm working at a warehouse for peanuts because TEFL experience doesn't exactly lend to the perception of professional career development. Most employers just see it as a working vacation or slacking off.

Then there's the issue with not paying in to Social Security and Medicare abroad. I know some guys in their 60s who taught for decades, are being forced out of TEFL due to age and won't be eligible for Social Security or Medicare when they get back home since they haven't paid into it. They'll literally work at Walmart or McDonalds until they drop dead.

Just forget about TEFL and get a real career.

I did it for a few years after college because I was entitled and didn't want to settle for a desk job. Let me tell you, there is nothing adventurous or lucrative about doing the TEFL thing.

I did my time in Thailand and Japan, and if I could do it over again I would have gotten a steady job and simply gone on vacations to those countries while working a real job.

Spending your days with screaming kids who can't speak your language makes you want to pull your hair out. You also aren't a real teacher as there is no real curriculum or accountability, so you just kind of make it up as you go along.

Then you have to deal with idiotic bosses who care more about selling a White face to the kids' parents more than anything else. You get paid just enough to live at your host country and not save much of anything. Wages are also trending downwards due to the hordes of delusional adventure-seekers flooding these countries.

I'm now back in the States, and I'm working at a warehouse for peanuts because TEFL experience doesn't exactly lend to the perception of professional career development. Most employers just see it as a working vacation or slacking off.

Then there's the issue with not paying in to Social Security and Medicare abroad. I know some guys in their 60s who taught for decades, are being forced out of TEFL due to age and won't be eligible for Social Security or Medicare when they get back home since they haven't paid into it. They'll literally work at Walmart or McDonalds until they drop dead.

Just forget about TEFL and get a real career.

South Korea/Japan suck

99% of them them will never and I mean NEVER learn to speak any language other than their own

So it's totally pointless to teach them

Then factor in the world's worst pollution (Both South Korea and Japan have higher population density than China!!) and the fact that the food down there absolutely auks (They all eat 50 cent noodles there every day, for every meal, seriously)

All the woman are ugly and have short legs.

Japan/Korea suck so much

Pay is peanuts, a fraction of what a fast food worker makes.

South Korean Korean people are at least not rude. The Japanese ? Trash of the worst sort...

Every ENGLISH teacher there is depressed, overweight, many are alcoholics alcoholic and a few are disappointed pedophiles

By the the idiot that said it's not in their culture to be disrespectful has never been to Japan/Thailand

in Japan and Thailand kids are out of control, especially Japan..they can do anything at all and face 0 consequences

Korea is the best of the lot but it is also rapidly declining

Only Asian countries with respectful populations are Singapore and Taiwan but those are going bad also

That is correct. We treat them with respect, as equals, when they move to the U.S. but the favor is not returned when we move over there.

It can be very hard to find an apartment in Japan as many landlords openly refuse to rent to foreigners. That is well known. Also, get used to people blatantly staring at you in public and avoiding you on public transportation. I can't tell you how many times I had taken a seat on a train, and the person in the seat next to me gave me a dirty look and moved to a different seat. I took a ferry once and stood a good five feet away from this Japanese guy on the deck, and he did the same thing- gave me a dirty look and moved somewhere else.

I'm not surprised the OP had such a shitty time.