TEFL people part 1

Whilst my potatoes are going round in the microwave I'll tell you about the sort of people who teach English abroad. These are going to be generalisations that might offend but I've never met a TEFL veteran who hasn't seen the truth in them.

I don't know about people from any other country but Britons only choose to work abroad for one of a combination of four reasons. They've always been attracted to a particular country and have decided to try living there. They want to have an adventure before they go back to Britain and settle down. They are unhappy with their life in Britain and so are trying to escape. They are on the run.

As a result of this when you teach English abroad you can come across some very strange people. I'll admit that I originally went abroad because I had lost my mother and I was looking for an escape. That's why I can recognise the other escape artists very well. I went through a phase of running down every aspect of British life I could think of. Later on I met Italians who did the same thing and I realised that they were unhappy too.