There I was, standing at the front of a classroom in Bangkok with 30 eyes all on me. My co-teacher was rattling off in rapid fire Thai, presumably speaking about me. I stood there uncomfortably, switching between looking at the teacher and the classroom, trying not to show any fear to my new class. Aside from the odd […]

Are you an English teacher in Brazil looking for a job? Today is your lucky day. Two common questions that people email me with are: Do you know which schools are hiring right now? Do you know of any English teachers that are looking for work? Up until now my system has been to deal with these requests […]

After four years teaching in Japan it would be safe to say that I loved the land of the rising sun, the people, the culture and also the food. Hell, I’d even become indifferent to ‘Hello Kitty!’ However I knew the time was right to close that chapter of my life and begin a new […]

I recently spent 2 weeks volunteering at a Vipassana Meditation Center in Southern California. In this post I’m going to talk a little bit about meditation techniques, my experience as a volunteer and what has been going through my head lately. What is Vipassana Meditation Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, […]

Eric Velouria emailed me a few months ago asking if São Paulo is a good city to teach English in. Now that he’s been in São Paulo for a month I’m the one who wants to ask him questions! Whereas a lot of teachers seem to struggle to make it work in São Paulo, Eric has hit […]