Time for a new journal entry I believe...
Well, my ideas and plans keep evolving and changing. Does this happen to you?
I think maybe it's to do with the fact that I am already in the foreign country I would like to teach so I keep going somewhere and thinking "OOOH I could get a job here!" I also have to keep my boyfriend in mind because I can't just say "He we're moving to Vietnam!" I don't think he'd come....haha
I was a little bit heart broken today when I went up to the local shop in this small town and there was a "Clases de Inglés" (English Classes) flyer in the window. I pray it's not in the Town Hall here because that's where I wanted to start out teaching. I have no transport and I can't go and do it in some other town, aaah I need the money. Alas I still have my course to complete so hopefully it will work out.
But yes so as I was going to say...I think I may go to Madrid and teach, I love the idea of working for Vaughan Systems. I thought it would be a nightmare for a tefl certified, inexperience, degree-less girl like me to get a decent job there so I didn't consider it until I went there on the weekend and upon returning I did some research and it seems I do have options. Just remember, and ALWAYS remember if you don't try you don't know!
You can never really imagine what a place is like until you go there and you may have no desire to ever go to Italy for example but if you have never been there you can't be sure you wont love it. For me I thought "Madrid!? naah, it's too big for me. I'm used to rural life I'll get lost!" but Madrid doesn't feel that big. It's more impersonal than smaller cities but it still has a friendly safe feel to it, unlike London for example.
So do you understand all my rambling, the point I am trying to get across? Thank god for that! I'm not saying it again...
So if you have worked in Madrid let me know, good or bad experiences, any advice? Have you worked with Vaughan Systems?
Thanks, Chloe :) x
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Madrid is cool although the people are a bit more conservative than you first think. Compared to British people anyway! If there's one thing you can say for us Brits, we do know how to party.. here they do go out a lot too but often mainly when they're young so for me meeting people my own age is a bit tricky.
There's plenty of life in the city though, and I love all the street artists and creativity you get here, along with the pavement culture and the fantastic public transport system.
As for Vaughan, I didn't have a good experience with them but you have to make up your own mind. They get fashionable for a bit but then I've been working with a few people who've taken on Vaughan's old classes - they're very expensive and after a while students can get bored with the parrot like repetition.
Getting work here without a degree or experience might be a bit harder though, so at least vaughan woud give you some time under your belt. There are people taking on inexperienced people but there's a lot of competition so you'll justt have to write a great covering lettter and be really professional sounding in the interview.. You'll probably get plenty of interviews and then they put you on a data base and maybe call you one day, so make sure you remind them with occaisional emails.
Also you should advertise as a private tutor in lingobongo and madrid loquo - also good for fiinding accomodation.
Private students pay more but some are really unreliable. Get your social security number and other papers sorted as soon as you can. It's a good place to live for a while but I must admit I'm thinking of moving to Barcelona or Andalucia next term... I wouldn't be happy here for more than a year.
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