As the other person said, get out of the apartment explore the city, talk to people.

Piece of cake.

And really you need to get your Spanish up to par ASAP. Look up the top 1,000 most used words (frequency words) Learn the first 250 first, then go to the next 250, then try to round out your study with the top 800.

cdn wrote:
> ISM has an internship program if that interests you.

Id consider an internship for one year if it meant I could live in the Philippines.

Guys,

I am not working at a conventional school. I am in the process of completing my teaching license and in the mean time (this year) I am working at an after school Language academy in Korea.

As for updates,

My director hadnt been contacted by HR yet so she was surprised to hear my thoughts. I have not told anyone how I was feeling and to her everything seemed ok. I do not think she is keen on my leaving at the end of summer semester and seems to prefer I transfer after Fall semester. I told her and HR if it is possible id like to transfer at the end of the current semester but if that is not doable id wait until Nov. She seemed to be understanding though.

But lord that would be a brutal 3 months lol.

Well tomorrow is gonna suck. Praying the director is understanding and works with me.

Good info Vet, but as the other poster pointed out, those are the best schools in PI. Prob will not hire a 1st year teacher.

I am looking for the 2nd and 3rd tier schools.

I imagine I could get by pretty good/decent on 1,500 usd a month in the Philippines or 1,000 if accommodation is provided. What do you guys think the pay would be for the 2nd and 3rd tier schools?

The best - I can think of is taking care of puppies and kittens. They are always shitting and pissing all over the house, always getting into the stuff they shouldnt, etc etc. Some people can easily handle that and other it would drive insane. The funny thing is I got a puppy last year and was ready to give it back after the first night! lol

The HR person said they could attempt to transfer me at the start of the next semester (end of Aug) and then asked if I could wait until the Winter semester (end of Nov). Told her I wasn't sure if I could last until Nov/Dec.

Well monday is gonna be an awkward day at work. HR will have probably contacted my school director by then. I can imagine it now. Walking down the hall passing my directors office, stopping and asking if the HR person contacted her and if not we need to have a little chat.

FML

Man just emailed the HR manager. That was quite hard to do but I feel it is for the best to atleast let her know how I am feeling and maybe see if I can transfer to a middle school. Ughhhhhhhhhh I hate complaining....

I feel like you can discipline MS students better / more effectively than ES. So yes they have their puberty issues but you can crack down on them harder and their brain is more developed to understand what is acceptable behavior and what is not.

I think I will email the companies HR manager and see about transferring to MS.

Only been teaching this age range for 1 month and I am not sure if I can do this for a year.

You have to have some darn good patience. It is like their brains are not properly developed to understand how to act in addition to their 3 second attention span.

I do not know how you people do it! lol

Food Stamps?

You need to head straight to Middle East or something and get (save) an emergency fund (6-12 month reserve) for things like this.

day to day life?

bro, just guessing but I think ppl just go there to work and save money.

never heard of any special things to do there.

We should put a "What are my chances" thread pinned at the top of the forum.

Haha I would get killed no question.

Out every night partying.
Meeting women.
Wrong place wrong time
Talked to the wrong woman.

I wouldn't last 6 months!

Was browsing some schools that attended a fair and noticed this one. For those that don't know, San Pedro Sula is the murder capital of the world. I am wondering how they manage to get teachers to work there and if anyone here has worked, works, or know of someone that works there.