Which city/country in Asia is the best for a failson who wants an easy TEFL job with ample free time and little pressure/responsibilities?Looking at eikaiwas/hagwons/buxibans/etc in Seoul, Taipei, Tokyo, Osaka, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chongqing and Chengdu because I've heard these jobs are more flexible, have less office hours and later starts etc. So far it looks like my best bet for easy job with few working hours as possible is Taipei, maybe Bangkok, or one of the mainland Chinese cities, apparently Hong Kong actually pays their English teachers relatively high too?
>>2857433Qualis? You'll get out what you put in. Starting a thread with LBH implies you'll be LAITW, too (loser anywhere in the world).
>>2857444college degree and I'm doing my TEFL cert now>Starting a thread with LBH implies you'll be LAITW, tooyeah I know that's literally the whole point, where's the best place for getting an easy low hours TEFL job so I can live as lazy a life as possible
>>2857458oh yeah and a few years working as a teaching assistant and peer mentor for young people on and off too
>another LBH threadroasties seething lmao
>>2857458you won't, the 'scene' has moved on from low value people with nothing to offer. anywhere which can afford to pay you a decent wage for simply speaking your native language is developed enough to handle things themselves, without shitting up their countries with low value creepy idiots.
>>2857462I just wanna chill and mind my business :(>>2857471seething reddit mod
>>2857474but seriously, yo honestly think some dogshit tefl online clickthrough course with 0 practical element thinks you can waltz into a country and get a salary?if you can't be bothered to invest in yourself, why would others take the risk on you?
>>2857479>but seriously, yo honestly think some dogshit tefl online clickthrough course with 0 practical element thinks you can waltz into a country and get a salary?that's what I've heard through the grapevine!
>>2857542show me one ad where this is the case. literally just one. if you can't, your grapevine is chatting shit.
>>2857433Serious answer, but you could honestly start now in a few countries without the TEFL. Places like Korea just need a degree. If you're going to get a cert anyways, I'd honestly just get a bullshit <$100 one, do a year somewhere to see if you like it, and then invest in a CELTA. Just having a college degree and being from an English speaking country puts you ahead of unqualified Russians/Indians working illegally for lower pay, but having the best TEFL cert will probably help down the line and it gives you a nice alumni network. It's expensive, but you can do it for <$2000 if you do it while abroad. I did mine in Vietnam for about $1500 iirc. Another thing you can do that I don't see discussed as much, is that you can apply for a temp substitute teaching license from Illinois. All you need is a college degree and $50, and you have a teaching license that's valid for 5 years, no test or anything. The only place I know this would be recognized is Taiwan, where you can sign up with their public school program, TFETP, which I've heard is a pretty decent gig.As for places to go, I'll warn you that Korean hagwons and Japanese eikaiwa are pretty miserable. The good part of the deal is that it's very hard to get fired after the probationary period, so I never worried about job security beyond the schools shutting down. However, be prepared to get worked beyond your contract, do busywork on your break, be nagged by staff for random bullshit that parents are upset about, and sometimes working on your day off. If you can turn off the shame part of your brain and just collect a check, it's still one of the easiest jobs I've done even with the extra work, but I was still stressed the fuck out sometimes.I'm waiting on my interview with the JET Program next week, but I'm also considering going back to Vietnam if I don't get in. The pay has apparently stagnated there, but you can still live pretty comfortably and the work hours seem better than what I'm used to.
>>2857433Nigga, they're going to be learning CFL in decade. The Age of the English Teacher is over.
>>2857606Thanks anon, yeah I'm not blowing thousands on a TEFL cert hahaha>I'll warn you that Korean hagwons and Japanese eikaiwa are pretty miserableThanks for the heads up, did a bit more research and it's looking like my best bets are either Taipei or one of the mainland Chinese cities, maybe Bangkok also but I heard you have to stay onsite for the full 40 hours even if you only have 15-20 teaching hours a week. I've heard Vietnam has the easy job vibe too but I'm not sure if the vibes are for me (too overstimulating and not enough that interests me out there)Good luck with your JET interview! I would've applied to that and EPIK but literally missed the deadline once I decided it was something I was possibly interested in fml
>>2857433I used to work in Laos and Cambodia. Surprised you never mentioned Cambodia, PP is full of LBH. My favorite country/city I've ever worked in. Worked in many countries. No degree needed in Laos or Cambodia, you'll find Russians working at the bottom in both countries, which makes you not at the bottom.
>>2857433>STOP THE RACISM AND COMPLETE THE TRANSACTION!
>>2857656I didn't mention Laos/Cambodia/Vietnam because I looked into it and the scenes for my hobbies out there are either non existent, or so small as to make them practically nonexistent. I'd get lonely and more depressed than I am in my mom's basement lol
>>2857662Stay at home. TEFL isn't going to cure you. You aren't mature enough to live abroad speaking like this.
>>2857664>You aren't mature enough to live abroad speaking like thisbecause I have specific hobbies and would rather be around people who I can talk to about them? lol
>>2857665because you keep referring to yourself as a loser, gets depressed, are in a basement, etc. Traveling won't cure the mindset, in fact, it'll be worse as you'll have ZERO support on the other side of the world. Work on yourself first, then scale.
>>2857666its not that deep bro I'm just having a laugh
>>2857666The old>You can run from your home but never your problems Yeah yeah nigga. Not all humans are the same. Some people find fresh perspectives in new environments and a renewed sense of appreciation for life and the world around them. I literally went AWOL from the military many years ago. I have accomplished souch since. This whole stay put and endure it bullshit is pure blackpill. What he can do to improve his life at home he can better do with a whole new fresh start.
>>2857672*much since
>>2857672put it better than I ever could
>>2857672I knwo this, but he needs his expectations managed. Look at the way he's writing. Treating this as an ezpz restart is going to burn him the fuck out in 3 months when reality hits. If he's serious about this, he needs to look at it as a career change, and to take pride in what he's doing.
>>2857677live your life bro I just wanna be a loser deadbeat in peace, I'm not bothering anyone just trying to live my easy life. Answer my questions or go sit in the time out corner bozo
>>2857666It's called ironic self-deprecation. >>2857672Seeing how people endure problems and stay optimistic in the Third World (while also being genuine) can be an eye opener coming from a country like America where everyone is so pampered by wealth that they relentlessly pick at the scab of their unhappiness, never allowing it to heal and never being satisfied with the life they have. Your surroundings do in fact influence your life outlook.
>>2857677Or you can let real life experience manage your expectations as you go along. Like many anons here, I first went to Philippines / SEA expecting women to like me on first sight. But they didn't. So my expectations got managed. Yes there is gonna be the cope phase, but then if you have a properly functioning brain, you move on into acceptance. OP really should be a regular poorfag travelbum on his savings if he wants to live with minimal effort. Jobs are always easy when you've been doing them for yesrs, always stressful when you're just starting out.
Haters gonna hate. Do it, OP. Yeah, it will be radically different than you are thinking. But if you are strong and smart enough, you will figure out a way to make it work. If not, cool experience to grow from. I regret being to conservative and never doing the JET thing back around 2005 when I could have. Now I am literally too old for it (there is an age cap). Life is yours to fail at or even succeed at, your choices make your life - not 4chan weenies. I have done plenty of other crazy adventures since then, most recently moved to Europe for a few years. My whole life has been a series of radical decisions which nobody thought was a good idea, yet they always turned out right for me. I learned a long time ago that listening to others' dreams for me translates into a nightmare for me. But I still wish I had done the Japan dream.People ITT make me laugh:>AAAAALLLLL you need is a college degree!lmbo, as if. You could do more with a college degree than TEFL. Not WHOAHRICH DREAMJOB but just better opportunities in general. I never did the college thing so my opportunities have been more limited. So many things simply want a degree - they don't even care where from, as long as you have anything. Even certifications or similar.From what I've gathered ITT apparently Laos and Cambodia are non-degree options. China prob doesn't care either since you are literally just a monkey to them, but China is a bad idea. I have a blank ticket coming up in a few weeks, and my current plan is to rot in India, but I'd still consider this Laos/Cambodia idea. Or TEFL in Vietnam.
>>2857658>>STOP THE RACISM AND COMPLETE THE TRANSACTION!Does no one ITT know who this guy is?
