Anyone ever done this? Thinking about doing that if i ever get my bachelor's degree. I've heard you can pretty much be an English puppet in Japan and Korea when the real teacher needs someone to say something in a proper accent.
I did that in China for a couple of years. Wonderful experience! I recommend it to anyone wanting to travel, learning another culture, and meeting people. But I wasn't a puppet for another teacher. I was the teacher for 8 groups of students for a half year at a time.
Oh, China, i've read that there are some places there that don't require your bachelor's. Is that true, don't want to end up in a Chinese prison.
Yeah, some places don't require a bachelors degree. And you won't end up in a Chinese prison as long as you follow their laws.
I did this for 20 years overseas along with other work. It's great although mainland China would not be my choice. Taiwan or Japan are much better.
I think with Taiwan you only need your associates, but Japan or South Korea would be at the top for me.
I've also read that Japan may take you if you have experience, so maybe i could teach somewhere else for a while, then get a visa there.
My buddy is in Spain teaching English to Spaniards. He does not have his Bachelor's yet, I'm pretty certain. He's loving it and having a rad time.
Yeah, go where you think you will be the happiest. And be sure to read the contract details before committing yourself to it.
I've always thought Sweden would be a cool place to teach English as well, but i think they can already speak English better than we can, ha ha. Western Europe would be awesome as well though.
It's harder to save money in Japan because the cost of living is really high there. One thing to consider is to get a student visa and study the language avoiding visa trips out of the country ..you can study pretty cheaply in Taiwan. You can get an ESL certificate at night school in a short time, I got mine in Hawaii and it took 2weeks.
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?
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.
Dude if you want to bang a Korean or Japanese chick just go hang out at the uwajimaya supermarket in Beaverton.
But brah, over there there's less white dudes to compete with, here they can just go to a different neighborhood.
