Travel and Teach
By galileo2008
@galileo2008 (1141)
Philippines
February 14, 2018 7:42am CST
My husband and I are both licensed teachers in our country. We both have regular jobs, and the total amount of the salary that we received every month is more than enough for our monthly expenses and expenditures. However, we feel like we were not happy with what we're doing; it seemed like we really needed to leave our comfort zone so we will grow personally and professionally.
After doing numerous researches online, we finally made up our mind - we must leave so we can travel around the world. However, we also needed to find jobs to help us finance our travel expenses. We found some teaching jobs abroad and once in a while, we travel to nearby countries. It's a great experience for both of us.
What about you? Have you tried doing something that you though that it's a crazy thing to do but later on you realized that you're glad you did it?
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
14 Feb 18
Yes, I am a Practicing Vet who used to have a Clinic for Pets where my hours were fixed and I was making good money through my treatment and surgeries. I used to hire interns who used to study their Masters then. But then I wanted to do some thing better where I can get some sophisticated and advanced equipment for diagnosis and treatment and a Modern OT etc. So I have decided to join a Stud Farm in the capacity of Stud Vet. Today it is more than 30 years now, I am still working as a Stud Vet residing on a Farm , with 24 x 7 as my duty hours as I need to look after about 300 horses. This is definitely a hard working and challenging job, but I have no regrets as today I am very happy monetarily, professionally and mentally! Thanks dear @galileo2008 for the nice discussion! I enjoyed participating !
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@galileo2008 (1141)
• Philippines
14 Feb 18
Thank you for sharing your experience. I am amazed by what you're doing - the passion and the love of horses - makes you motivated and keeps you going. Sometimes you don't really mind working for more hours as long as you're happy and contented. I am in awe. Great job!
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@galileo2008 (1141)
• Philippines
14 Feb 18
I used to teach kindergarten kids in our country, so mostly basic subjects such as the alphabets, colors, and numbers. When I worked in Ecuador, it was more challenging because all students cannot speak nor understand the English language. I had to learn the basic Spanish words so they will listen, otherwise I'd be very frustrated because no matter what I do and say, they wouldn't follow because of language barrier. But I am glad that I was able to meet my goal. The parents were telling me that their kids love English. It's a compliment for me. :-)
