Teaching English Abroad is a trap...

It's interesting to hear your experience. As someone who has been in teaching English for 10 years though... TEFL is more of a trap in certain places. I've not been to Taiwan, but I have worked in China - I would say China is the biggest TEFL trap I've seen and so I did get out in less than a year. There are options to move up or onto something different that can be a career. A lot of teachers move into international schools which is a fine choice if you like children. Others move into universities, management, examining, teacher training, materials writing, etc. Some start successful businesses and others grow a side hustle into a profitable income stream. Personally, I manage a school and work as a teacher trainer and have my fingers in a few other pies. I'm not making tons of money because of the part of the world I choose to live in, but I still save and plan to move back to more profitable places later. But of course, if you don't enjoy it, then absolutely you need to get out. The main advice I'd give anyone on this point is to consider 1. getting out at retirement and 2. getting out earlier if you need to, and both of those things mean putting aside money.

Thankyou for this video, so many other people only talk about how fun and great it is in a way that feels like Im being sold an MLM, your honesty has made me more interested in looking into doing this

It's only a trap if you go into it for the wrong reasons. If you're feeling stuck in life, feel like you have no purpose or direction, it can help ground you. I did it when I was 35 and it was the best decision I've ever made. Was it a career move? No, but the idea of a traditional 'career' these days is becoming less and less mainstream. I would prefer to teach and enjoy what I do than grind away in a job that doesn't respect my time.

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At first I was shocked and confused as I thought you were in Japan but then I thought no way, not with the size of that kitchen 😅Then I heard you say Taiwan. Seems like apartments are huge there .

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That's my fear doing this Teaching abroad gig...im trying to get into the Banking industry and my aspirations lie soley with the corporate culture...but teaching english is a good opportunity to travel and expand but my fear is that it wont help me when i want to come back in the finance space

I really hear this and can relate so much to what you were feeling before you went abroad to live.

I find the idea of teaching without prior experience a big red flag as it's really hard draining work.

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Good video.

America has a really bad social life. I feel the government did this intentionally as we have more “freedoms” than other countries. The car dependent infrastructure really isolated people and communities. Couple that with social media and it’s clear to see.

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Lots of negativity. You mentioned from the beginning that you didn't have any idea what you wanted to do. Doing something better than nothing and that money with experience is invaluable.

Lots of other people are ''trapped'' in jobs they don't want to do.

I'm considering it for cash and the experience. Jobs, where I'm from, don't pay as well as in China and coming back with a wad of cash with the experience and Chinese language. Why not?

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I would say many Americans are more "stuck" in the sense of being on a paycheck to paycheck life with sky high housing costs and difficulties with accessing health care. I personally should not have returned here. Overseas in UAE my life was good, disposable income, housing was easier to manage and better health care. Its been so stressful moving back and my coworkers also seem so stressed.

I don't know if America is as viable as we all hope. A fair amount of people would do a lot better overseas.

Hey, I really liked your video. It was very informative. Did you have to get a TEFL certification first?

Is it possible to teach abroad and build an online business at the same time?

Thank you for this video it really helped me. Umm I do have a question though when you get certified to teach in one state right well if you want to move to another state you have to get certified to teach there so if you travle abroad how do you get certified to teach over there is it the same way???

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