Has anyone done it? What was it like? Any tips or stories?

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I should imagine that you would have to learn quite a bit about the host culture, manners, respect, role of women, etc.

I know a few people who have done it. A collegue taught English in Paris. In a city like Paris the money they pay you doesn't go very far. But then again, you'd be in Paris. She learned French in college so it was a learning experience for her as much as it was for her students. I think it's hit or miss with programs. Crassy, I think, on this board has done a few.

I should add that when I was applying to jobs after college the programs that were most lucrative were in Asia. I've known a few people that have done it in Japan, though they've talked about it being alienating.

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"We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard-working, very patriotic, very pro-America areas of this great nation," she told the crowd.

I taught English to ex-street kids in Brazil. It was a lot of fun, massively disorganised and difficult because I had no materials and no training, but I really enjoyed it.

I've applied to a job in Asia, I don't know if I'm actually gonna go or not...I am thinking about it.
Why did your friends find Japan alienating?

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A good friend of mine applied for a job teaching English for a year in Tokyo. She left around 4 or 5 years ago and hasn't been back to the US she loves it so much in Japan. From what I can tell she has really made a life for herself there. She has moved on to co-writing text books, and she is still working for the company that originally placed her, Aeon.

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