Hey World,
So as you all know I now live in Germany. I often go to cafe's and have no problem walking longer distances now. I'm in Europe...I can even speak a bit of German now! People here often ask me what do think abotu Germany and maybe this is something you want to hear in you plan on moving.
Germany is a country more or less like any other..I feel like I may be saying this because I understand that the people in a place makes a place or less great. I am past the different architecture at this point. Honestly, last week I had to just look up for a moment and take it in that I am now living in German and it was a nice feeling. I always wanted to live in Europe, and I am YAY me! I love the person that I am here so much that I am preparing to get my freelancer visa. Anyways yeah, what I do have to say negativly about Germany is that there are too many damn rules and too many places where you must be naked...No joke as a German if you know...ask them to tell you a story about their sauna experience.
I think the hardest thing about being in Germany for me is the fact that I am not an engineer especially in the city I live in as 90% of the people are engineers and require more engineers...There are business people too like my boo but you know I studied geography :/ silly me..AND even worse I don't speak the language, I speak more like a 1 1/2 year old, not nearly enough for the business world. Sometimes I can feel my intrisic talents just being wasted.
Like most expats I am a language teacher. Fortunately, I have the backing of a man with a great job - unfortunately my independence is pretty much nada! If you are coming to Germany with no backing and no set fulltime job teaching is a great option. But don't think you can really support yourself teaching. Germany is a super expensive place and especially if you live in Bavaria like I do, be mindful of that. Teaching does have some perks like getting paid per 45 mins, but schools will try to low blow you with their offers so always try to negotiate and like most employment places its a place of bullshit sometimes..Where who you know is more important than what you know, so be nice with the people who make your schedules, I learnt that the hard way..You will have students who really want to learn and student who really don't want to, what makes this worse than teaching kids is that especially if you are younger than them they may have entitlement issues and this can mean you losing them as a client which again leads to you being badly paid. Your probably gonna have to kiss some ass and deal with some shit - there is no stability really in this job! From week to week I work crazy schedules to schedules where I am pretty much doing nothing for the week...If your looking for stability do not be a freelance teacher.
But, with all that being said if you want to see the world and have some employment becoming an English teacher is your best bet. You may be treated like shit but travelling is worth it! Plus if you want to be with someone you love like me, getting a visa to be a freelance tesl teaching in a non-English speaking country is the easiest road to travel!
Now that I have told you my experience, maybe it will help you with yours!
So as you all know I now live in Germany. I often go to cafe's and have no problem walking longer distances now. I'm in Europe...I can even speak a bit of German now! People here often ask me what do think abotu Germany and maybe this is something you want to hear in you plan on moving.
Germany is a country more or less like any other..I feel like I may be saying this because I understand that the people in a place makes a place or less great. I am past the different architecture at this point. Honestly, last week I had to just look up for a moment and take it in that I am now living in German and it was a nice feeling. I always wanted to live in Europe, and I am YAY me! I love the person that I am here so much that I am preparing to get my freelancer visa. Anyways yeah, what I do have to say negativly about Germany is that there are too many damn rules and too many places where you must be naked...No joke as a German if you know...ask them to tell you a story about their sauna experience.
I think the hardest thing about being in Germany for me is the fact that I am not an engineer especially in the city I live in as 90% of the people are engineers and require more engineers...There are business people too like my boo but you know I studied geography :/ silly me..AND even worse I don't speak the language, I speak more like a 1 1/2 year old, not nearly enough for the business world. Sometimes I can feel my intrisic talents just being wasted.
Like most expats I am a language teacher. Fortunately, I have the backing of a man with a great job - unfortunately my independence is pretty much nada! If you are coming to Germany with no backing and no set fulltime job teaching is a great option. But don't think you can really support yourself teaching. Germany is a super expensive place and especially if you live in Bavaria like I do, be mindful of that. Teaching does have some perks like getting paid per 45 mins, but schools will try to low blow you with their offers so always try to negotiate and like most employment places its a place of bullshit sometimes..Where who you know is more important than what you know, so be nice with the people who make your schedules, I learnt that the hard way..You will have students who really want to learn and student who really don't want to, what makes this worse than teaching kids is that especially if you are younger than them they may have entitlement issues and this can mean you losing them as a client which again leads to you being badly paid. Your probably gonna have to kiss some ass and deal with some shit - there is no stability really in this job! From week to week I work crazy schedules to schedules where I am pretty much doing nothing for the week...If your looking for stability do not be a freelance teacher.
But, with all that being said if you want to see the world and have some employment becoming an English teacher is your best bet. You may be treated like shit but travelling is worth it! Plus if you want to be with someone you love like me, getting a visa to be a freelance tesl teaching in a non-English speaking country is the easiest road to travel!
Now that I have told you my experience, maybe it will help you with yours!
