[Denver]

Hi ButterflyBlond,

Thanks for your comments - Love you long time! 555...........Joking apart, the TEFL qualification is easy to swag, you can get a dodgy university degree in Japan for the price of a visa then jump on a boat or a plane and head to South Korea and start to teach (and Vice Versa, Korea will sell you a Japanese Degree for the price of a visa and an overnight stay) They, themselves, set up the 'compulsory rule' of all arriving teachers having a degree in English as a minimum to teach in thier country and now scam people into buying them on the grey market. Mine is on the wall, worth squat, but looks good!

Unless you have been formally taught how to teach, how the hell are you going to cope? What are you going to do on that first five minutes in front of 30 or so Japanese English students who probably know Shakespearian grammer better than you do? TEFL is all about using the English language in normal, everyday scenarios (at the bank, on the phone, reading a travel guide etc) Then the spoken word, reading and some writing of English. Any local school hiring you will see right through you in no time, the 'grapevine' will ensure you won't be picked up by any other school anywhere nearby! Not many other schools to move onto in Phuket, I am guessing?

I taught in Sarajevo, BiH to HGV drivers who just wanted to know what the UK Customs guys were asking them on the way in to the country from the ferries. How to ring thier UK head office and how to ask someone directions to thier drop off point if they got a bit lost, that was it!

I really do wish PARA's mate the best, he is hooked on the LOS, hits us all, we are not made of wood. I hope he finds a way, I really do.

Whoooooooose Yaaaaaaaaaa Baghdaddyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy??? Yeah! This place really.........................SUCKS!