When you arrive for the first time in your assigned country, can the first few minutes of shocking. The air smells different, the people around you are likely to grow if not, the appearance of buildings and facades and goods for sale may all be different.
If you are in a modern country like Japan, you'll probably feel a little 'uncomfortable, because the airport is simple and straightforward, though perhaps he visited twice as good as expected. But the signs are in English, and you haveProblem of navigation through the airport with the outside world.
If you live in a Third World country is, could the airport is conveniently close to everything, everywhere, with military soldiers, a crowd of people, perhaps even strange smells foul air, total chaos. If you are alone, this can be very intimidating.
When you arrive in a new country, I am always surprised the first few minutes before the airport. The sky looks different, the air smells different,the chaos of people coming and going is different. Finding a bus or taxi or jeepney can be a fun experience, but is rather an unpleasant experience, so it's best if someone can meet you and help you get the first bus from the airport to your residence. orient
Depending on the host country and the resources available, you can create a private room with private bathroom, or a common space and a public bath.
The school can be a bit 'different from thatBrochure is subject to stress, the Greens and other aspects of color. Leaflets not say, is oppressive tropical heat or cold winds from the mountains.
Before you begin your trip, you should be about the culture of the country. For example, in Thailand, people would be shocked if the head of a child, touched, or when you wash your laundry and hung out to dry.
During my stay in Thailand, I managed a software development project and asked a series ofuniversity graduates to help Thai women. We have, in my apartment with two rooms. Moved into the guest room in the apartment, the other slept on the sofa, five nights a week. The one in the bedroom, he said, lived far away and the daily commute was aggravating. Fair enough. But the second was living at 20 minutes by an increase in electric railway. I never understood why he wanted to live with me. I was a father to them.
One day, I rounded up allto put the towels in the washing machine. The women had a private bathroom, the towels were provided by my service. The apartment is modern and fully equipped.
One woman said: "Doug, what are you doing?"
I said: "I wash all the towels in the car."
He said: "But you're white."
The white was a carpet of cotton that was on the floor outside the shower.
"Yes, I wash it with others."
"Doug, you can notdass "
"Why not?"
"E 'for the feet."
Apparently in Thai culture, not soil your body towels with towels feet.
I said, 'I'm sorry, it's a machine, very hot water with detergent and fabric softener. I'll wash all the towels and bath mats together. "
She was not happy with this, he had a strange expression on his face, as I had said something totally disgusting.
After the towels washed and dried, I took a towel andunder his nose and said, "Smell".
He took a train and said, "Oh, Doug, smell very good."
I said: "This is the fabric softener, which has to perfumes, towels smell good."
Then I held the white bath mat under her nose. He moved away, although I expected. "Smell this."
"Doug, same same."
"Yes," I said, "and now I know why I wash wash together. In your culture, you do with the hand and the pads do not last. In myWestern culture, with machines, and we all together and coming from it. "
Accepted, dass in this case is canceled, the Western culture, the Thai culture.
As I write this in November 2007, an ESL teacher of English was in Sudan, a Muslim country has been arrested, had his elementary school students name a teddy bear "Muhammad." Although this is a very common name in Sudan and other Muslim countries, a toy bear that nameobviously an insult to Islam, according to the indictment against them. One of the parents of the students' reported to the police, and she was arrested. If convicted, he could receive many years in prison, a fine and 40 lashes.
So learn something about the culture you are a resident of advice, you should take seriously.
In central Europe and parts of South America, for example, might think, the culture is Spanish, and this is certainly the dominantone, but the underlying Maya culture is still there, especially for people whose mother tongue is Quechua and Aymara. Do not think you understand their culture, because you get to know the Mexican culture and Spanish. Do some research so you understand where they come from, and try to place your structure in the classroom with their culture. This can be as simple as changing place names: do not talk about the Mississippi River, for example, use alocal river instead. Will be assigned, but not in contact with the Mississippi.
Beliefs and attitudes of your host country, the potential of what was expected, naively, as an individual research! Search! Search!
How did your new daily routine, students and fellow teachers are accustomed, you will notice that some teachers have become cynical with time. Perhaps they have for 20 years, and never say anything good about the place, which seemlive in a cloud of negativity. They are happy and shot, and enjoy the challenge, we discuss police purges, stupid management at the school, poor governance, corruption, and so on. The list is endless. Try to avoid these people. Live your life, and with small differences and challenges that are thrown on the street happy.
In Thailand, the vast majority of the population of Buddhists. They are taught early to meet misfortune with a smile. OneAt that time I was waiting under an awning for a tropical downpour reduced. I saw a young woman trying to cross the flooded street in front of me. He stepped in a hole hidden, lost his balance and fell headlong into 6 inches of dirty water. He got up, brushed the water from his face, and laughed. If it were me, I curse. But it was a Buddhist. She laughed.
Meet adversity with a smile.
To live a good philosophy.
If your job is in aOutside third world country, if the school and / or students have basic services. In rural areas of Peru, for example, might be a small table for a school room, no form of paper, and certainly no pens or pencils. While this type of school is not going to be educated in English, can help enormously, with two suitcases, one for your stuff, and the other with notebooks, pencils, chalk, small chalkboards, chalk, paper art, filled with scissors for children, etc. BeforeYou start the flight, please contact the school and find out if they need these supplies, or if you can get in touch with the local school is doing. The value of $ 50 for supplies could have seen more of a rural school and never will make a big difference.
Another tip: Keep a diary of their experiences. If you have access to the Internet, create a blog and update it regularly. But be careful, however, that nothing in your diary or a blog that the school is essential to writeThe administration, the local religion and government. This newsletter is a precious memory for years to come and stay with the rest of your life.
After living and teaching for a while 'in the host country, may return to his hometown in his country a shock experience: culture shock in reverse. He was an ESL teacher for the fun of travel, the joy of discovering a new culture, and now back to Wal-Mart and Tesco is in aQueue behind a huge fat lady with a cart full of garbage. Your mother is glad to see you, but you can find your town boring, the food bland and voluminous.
If you still are good and have a job to get, you'll probably find the skulls were pierced by working in an office. Employees are not in your interest to have ESL experience and could not care less about the things and places that you went.
Soon you'll be scouring the Internet forOther ESL jobs, you have your dreams, wherever they may follow ...
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