I worked in Kuwait and made some really good money. I also wanted to kill the drivers there on a daily basis. The locals are mostly jerks and you just have to tolerate it because everybody related to somebody special.

I have also worked in China. I had a pretty good time. Food wasn't that good but the money made up for that. Students in China were amazing and I enjoyed teaching there far better than Kuwait. Travel opportunities are far better in China as well.

Agreed, I won't disclose. However, I am in the process of interviewing for a decent school that is affiliated with Western embassies. I am afraid that If I do accept even after disclosing I will be cut loose because of these convictions.

I too have a criminal history. My local police department gives a printout of my history and it doesn't look good. My history relates to driving when I was in college. I had two Driving Under the Influence convictions along with several Driving Without Privileges as I kept driving while I had a suspended license. No excuses and no stories. I've been lucky I guess because I have been teaching overseas for almost 15 years without any incidents in the countries I lived in. So now there is significant time between my last offense. I've checked to see if a Google search turns up anything and nothing appears. But after these charges in Jakarta, IS are ramping up their background checks and I'm looking to move schools.

Any ideas of getting around this or do I have to look over my shoulder for the rest of my teaching career for some stupid acts in my college days?