The Bangkok Post has been carrying an ad for the last couple of days advertising for an native speaking English teacher to go and work in an international school in Myanmar. The position is for 5 months, possibly longer. No mention of which city the school is based in. My girlfriend Lindy is an experienced English teacher – having taught English in Japan, Thailand and Korea) – and we were discussing the possiblity of her applying for this job. (We were talking via MSN Messenger as she’s currently teaching English in Korea throughout this month).
I suggested it to her as a bit of a joke, but the pair of us were quite taken with the idea. We reckoned that living and working in Burma, even for five months, would be scary but undeniably interesting. Access to anything was a big question – it’s unlikely we could use the internet to stay in touch with Friends or keep this blog updated because most international sites are blocked; we probably wouldn’t even be allowed to take our laptops in. That sort of disconnection is very disconcerting. On the other hand, five months off the grid could be very restorative, and of course, the chance to live in Burma and see a little of how people live – and have some surreptitious conversations about people’s ideas for the future – would be a unique one. It’s unlikely to happen, but it’s an intriguing idea.
More on teaching in Burma:
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Open Directory | Technorati: teaching in Burma
