>>2751028
>How easy is this shit for autists?
I was an adjunct lecturer at a university; one of the best teachers I have known anywhere was an utterly off-putting sperg. He had no social skills at all and was unpleasant to attempt to socialize with. But he was great in the classroom and delivered accurate information very effectively.

>I'm not going to remember any of the student's names.
Do you actually/literally have autism? The autistic teachers I have met, aforementioned guy especially, were good at memorizing class lists. But I don’t think it’s essential if you can’t pull it off.

>I'm literally just a white guy who speaks English. Is it that easy?

Teaching English is really easy to do badly, and at least as hard as any other job to do well. Being a white native speaker (just about always with a degree nowadays, which I hope doesn’t burst any inexplicably enduring fantasist bubbles) is still enough to land work in many markets. But to survive for any length of time, you have to learn how to teach, at the barest minimum. To make a career of it (and obviously that isn’t your goal), you both have to know (or learn) how to teach and have real deep knowledge of the nuts and bolts of English (and language and grammar and linguistics in general) that aren’t inherently obvious just because you are a native speaker.

>tl; dr—social skills can help, really detailed knowledge of English grammar helps more, it’s possible to score work with neither.

>>2751034
How much patience do they have if I'm not very good but show a desire to do better? Do they straight up fire mediocre teachers or just passive aggresively pressure them?

>>2751034
and what should I lie about on my resume? I'm a multiple time American college dropout with some stints at a warehouse

>>2751028
>I'm not going to remember any of the student's names.
A common trick most English teachers use is giving their students western names and convincing them that it's "practice" for English conversation. So if you can't remember Bingbong and Poontang, just call them Michael and Stephanie.

Just do me a favor: If you end up going to China, make your female students choose a name other than Winnie. I have no fucking idea why there are so many Chinese women who identify as Winnie, but it needs to stop.

>>2751043
How much patience do they have if I'm not very good but show a desire to do better? Do they straight up fire mediocre teachers or just passive aggresively pressure them?

Depends on where you are, just how bad you are, and how many other people are in line for your job. Some places will hang on to you longer than others. I never met anyone who was straight-up fired, but it was fairly common to hire people for short-term contracts that wouldn’t get renewed.

>and what should I lie about on my resume? I'm a multiple time American college dropout with some stints at a warehouse

I have little advice to offer, apart from ‘don’t claim to have degrees you don’t actually have.’ Many schools will request transcripts/diplomas, and fakes are laughably easy to spot. Literally laughably—my colleagues when I was working at a university used to pass them around and laugh at them, and my office mate had a little gallery of what he called “Khao San University” diplomas on a wall. If you don’t have any degrees and the job listing explicitly requires them (most do, but some still don’t), probably don’t bother applying. They might not check (although it only takes seconds), but they certainly can, and good luck finding a school that won’t fire you if they do. This is partially to satisfy immigration authorities, in many countries—in a lot of places, people without degrees aren’t eligible for work permits as teachers, so it’s theoretically possible for schools to get in trouble for hiring them.

>>2751028
It really depends.

You could end up basically being a real teacher and having to teach by yourself and give lectures, or you could end up as some dancing monkey and playing games with kids.

>>2751028
If you're actually autistic please do not go work a job teaching kids

>>2751107
Why? I'm not aggro or anything

>>2751028
It depends on where are you going. In europe (spain, italy) you can usually apply for language schools, and their course ends in an exam. If your students fail, you will be fired.

Asia is different. In thailand, cambodia and vietnam they dont give a fuck. In japan, china and korea the parents are very strict and they want their kid to be perfect in english. You need to work your ass off or they will fire you.

>>2751028
I did the “TEFL tuck” after I completed my certification course
>what’s that
It’s where you realize after the course (especially after you do live practice classes at the end), that you actually cannot stand in front of a class of 30+ children for 1 hour without collapsing internally from social anxiety. Once you know where you stand you metaphorically tuck your tail between your legs, ghost your TEFL course instructors, stop responding to emails or engaging in the job search, and quietly leave the country.

When I went to get my certificate after the course, I looked down at the floor as I exited the lobby in order to avoid making eye contact with my instructor who just spent his time and energy for 4 weeks helping me to prepare to be a teacher. Then I never talked to any of them again.

This was in 2018

>>2751352
Its a social position. You need to be comfortable speaking to an audience and making conversation.