Post TEFL

Things have changed a lot since my TEFL class ended on Thursday. On Wednesday morning, the language school I was taking the course at asked me if I could start teaching there THAT DAY. I agreed, thinking it would be good experience. So I taught that Wednesday and Thursday, and I'd also be picking up an additional class the following week. Most of my TEFL classmates were taking at least a week off after the course to recover from the stress, but I thought it would be good to jump into teaching right away, especially since Sarah had already been working the past few weeks.

However, the night my class ended (and right before I left to meet my TEFL classmates for a celebration drink), I found out about another teaching opportunity from one of our friends in our apartment complex. One of the teachers our friend worked with had sudden back surgery and needed a teacher replacement for at least six weeks.

So on Friday I stopped by the school (which is actually one of the best in Chiang Mai) to get more info about the job. I had an interview on the spot, and they asked me to come back on Monday to do a demo lesson. SO..., after a great weekend, I did a demo lesson, teaching 14 year olds the family tree.

Directly after the demo they asked me if I could start THE NEXT DAY!!! I said yes, and now I'm currently working full time!!! I'm teaching 'Mateom', which is middle school though high school.

Today I taught three classes, basically 7th grade, 9th grade, and 12th grade. Tomorrow I'm teaching 5 CLASSES!!!!!!!!

At this point I'm not really sure if I'll get through the week, so there might be a couple less blog posts. I don't know what I got myself into.

WISH ME LUCK!!!