Thanks for the update after having been there since August. I am looking into this program as well and am curious as to whether you would do it all over again. There is a lot of misinformation. Some say you work 5.5 days, some say you work 5 days but 9 hours per day. Also, how is getting around the city? Do you primarily take buses or can affordable apartments be found within close proximity to the school? I may have overlooked it but which city are you working in? Do you have solid internet in your apartment and if not is there reasonably priced internet cafes with fast connections (I also teach online so this would be good to know whether I can keep this up or not for trying to quickly download students' papers, etc.). Lastly, I can't find the application area via NIS' website but did find it on TeachAnywhere.com, is that how you went through the process and did you sign just a one-year contract with the option to extend or do they only offer two-year contracts? Thanks and I hope you're still enjoying it (how much time off did you get during the winter break?).