Everyone tells you about how a TEFL course will help you find work, improve your CV, fund your travels and have a truly unique off the beaten track travel experience. What they don’t often tell you is that taking a TEFL course can also get you involved with the kind of drunken revelry, hazy memories and mammoth hangovers usually associated with going on a world tour with Ozzy Osbourne.
These stories from a few of our more hedonistic TEFL graduates should act as a cautionary tale…
Getting Bombed in South Korea… more fun than you might imagine
It's so much fun to hang out with Koreans, they are hilarious though sometimes it gets a little weird. We've learned at what point to *cut off* the party with certain people. One of my friend's adult students started doing a strip tease in the nori-bang (karaoke place where you get your own room to party down and sing in). After the strip tease her state quickly transformed. She was barely able to stand up and seemed ready to pass out on the couch right there in the nori-bang. When it was time to go we tried to get her safely into a taxi but she began vomiting. The first taxi that stopped sped away. A very fun lady, but she can get a little out of control.
Shocking karaoke, downing huge bottles of beer, some quite obviously hungover sightseeing and even the odd bit of teaching: a day in the life of a TEFL teacher…
When we got kicked out about 2 it was back to Ceri and Cat’s room after a quick stop at the 7-11 for more drinks and time for a catch-up and some comparing I-pod selections before eventually crawling off to bed about 4.30. Given they had had quite a headstart on me, it was no surprise to be the first up the next morning, and after a breakfast of bacon, eggs, toast and orange juice (heaven-my first English breakfast since getting here) I went for a wander while waiting for the others to surface.
Friday night we excitedly hit a pub quiz. We heard about it through some Westerners that Rob has got to know so decided to check it out. We were greeted at the door by women in masks and full length fur capes, naturally. They ushered us downstairs apparently knowing where we wanted to go and directed us into a room. We entered and were greeted by…
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