The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: How to Avoid a Terrible Work Situation as an English Teacher Abroad By AJ Hoge http://www.transitionsabroad.com/publications/magazine/0503/teaching_english_abroad_the_good_the_bad_the_ugly.shtml “We’re not teaching another class until we get paid.” The teachers room boiled with angry foreigners. Korean staff ran to and fro in a panicked frenzy. Underlings scurried between the owner’s office…
Situation here dismal. I’m going nuts. Have tried to keep my spirits up but being watched and criticized constantly has cracked me. I can’t wait to leave. Every time I walk by a window in this house I want to break it. Every time I pass one of my two cohabitants, I want to trip…
A brief note about the role of the institution in a student’s motivation. As the weeks have passed I’ve been hearing more and more about the sorry state of SIT’s — or at least the MAT program’s — fiscal and morale difficulties. I’ve learned that just before I arrived, the school laid off a significant…
