Just make sure your TV overseas was NTSC capability. I would strongly recommend getting a multi-region DVD player. I bought one through the US embassy strore, but more recently I went to my local electornics shop here in Qatar and they had some that weren't locked into place. Perhaps this is wrong but I like watching 3$ bootleg DVD's.... A perk of overseas life??!!

save up the money, buy the house! best decision I ever made!!

Don't go if you have kids. The school is 90 percent Spanish speaking.

If you are single, want to learn Spanish, travel and or drink. Go for it!!

MYP still sucks, and I don't miss it!!

Roosevelt= Used to be the international school, most expats left during the Shining Path years, hence lots of Peruvians. Lots of animosity between local hires and overseas hire teachers.

Markham= BIG Peruvian school, hope you speak Spanish.

Newton= Smaller Private school, some embassy kids, as this is where they live. The DEA kids go here as well as they want their kids to learn Spanish.

Christian School= Actually the most international school. Growing, small space, NICE kids, low pay.

Good luck. If you are single, speak Spanish, leave school at 3:30pm, easy going, Peru could be a great place. It has the most AMAZING travel opportunists! Good luck!

Roosevelt is 80% Peruvian, and 94% Spanish speakers. Other schools are more. Just left last year. Awesome country..... Bad schools!! Rich Peruvians are not nice people.....

Go only if you don't bring your kids! There are NO true international schools in Lima.

MYP still sucks, and I don't miss it!!!

You MUST be a couple, it is your only chance... There are couples out there with 3 and 4 kids, rare but doable....

I have heard salaries start around 120,000$!!

WOW! but its 80 miles from nowhere....no booze.....hot as hell.......

sign me up,

Find a good financial adviser. Ours said we need to save at least 15,000$ per year. Also buy a house, its the best investment we every made!

Now what are we going to do about health care???

The fairs are almost dead, we got our jobs via skype in November...this is the future and I love it!!

What about the smog in HK? Prague is a great city, lots of tourists now, cheap beer.

http://www.talesmag.com/

Reviews by the embassy folks of lots of countries. There is usually a little bit about the schools we all teach in. Interesting reading about all the places we want to go next.

I guess for me I would rather have the teachers and admin. at every school be in charge of what and how it is taught. To me this is the beauty of the US system. (Or it used to be before Bush and no child left behind)

Criteria, assessment, blah, blah, blah.

School should be FUN! Learning cool stuff, growing up, getting organized, and becoming responsible. Why over prescribe with all these tags and jargons??