
Devon Lang
Kids-English Thailand
AlumniMy life was headed in a direction that was not going to end well for my mental health. So, I decided that a change not only of scenery but also my car...
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The Asian College of Teachers Teach and Travel Project offers an amazing opportunity to teach in the exotic oriental country of Thailand. Eligible candidates will be guaranteed a short-term ESL job in Thailand with a THB 30,000 (about USD 1000) per month salary, housing, and medical insurance. Teach
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Devon Lang
Kids-English Thailand
AlumniMy life was headed in a direction that was not going to end well for my mental health. So, I decided that a change not only of scenery but also my car...
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Elizabeth Mertz
TravelGrad
AlumniI have had dreams of traveling since I was a child! One motivation I had in becoming a teacher in the first place was that I knew there were many oppo...
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Anthony DeLorenzo
TravelBud
AlumniEver since I started reading travel literature and hearing of my friends' experiences living abroad, I wanted to do it myself. It took years to establ...
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Jakub Krajewski
TravelBud
AlumniAfter graduation, I really thought it was a now-or-never time to make a decision to move abroad and explore different opportunities while I had no com...
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Leah Fisher
TravelBud
AlumniIn college, I made a life-changing decision to study abroad. I absolutely loved the experience - I explored a new country, met new friends from all ov...
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Matthew Wilkinson
TravelBud
AlumniMy inspiration to go abroad came from a multitude of factors. My primary drive for this experience, though, comes from my never-ending wanderlust that...
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Margaret Papazekou
MediaKids Academy
AlumniI traveled abroad because I wanted to teach and travel at the same time, and I wanted to teach abroad because it would give me a chance to simultaneou...
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Nicole Lang
Greenheart Travel
AlumniMy career was starting to become very draining, and I didn't want to lose passion for my work as a Speech Language Pathologist, so I knew I needed a b...
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Oleg Kachala
MediaKids Academy
AlumniGetting a TESOL Certificate and realizing the fact I can do more, achieve, share more. Realizing the chance—and challenge—to live and work in a totall...
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Josel Buscano
MediaKids Academy
AlumniI initially just wanted to have new school to work at and a place to travel after my contract finished with my former employer back in the Philippines...
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Michelle Graham
MediaKids Academy
AlumniI had an empty nest after my son left home to go to university. So I began looking for a new opportunity, and I was referred by LanguageCorps Asia to ...
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Alex McCullough
MediaKids Academy
AlumniWhen I finished Uni the only thing I knew I wanted to do was travel. After doing some research, I realized that Thailand was the perfect place to stay...
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Chris Johnson
MediaKids Academy
AlumniTeaching English is a great way to get to know a country and culture. I knew I wanted to spend an extended amount of time in a country and travel and ...
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Bronson Taiapa
MediaKids Academy
AlumniI needed to try to go out and experience something and somewhere new, on my own.
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Katelin Anderson
MediaKids Academy
AlumniI had studied abroad during my undergrad and at the time I taught with MediaKids, I had recently finished my undergrad studies. I knew I wanted to mov...
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Laila Oskouie
MediaKids Academy
AlumniI have always been inspired and intrigued by Thailand, even as a young girl. I've always thought it to be such a beautiful and happy place to be. Afte...
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Piotr Dawlidowicz
TravelBud
AlumniA number of things piqued my interest, but ultimately it came down to live in a foreign country, step out of my comfort zone and decided if this would...
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Rachel Leo
The Cultural Exchange Project
AlumniI have always wanted to see the world and do something out of my comfort zone, but that was all that had been clear to me by the time my first semeste...
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Marika Lou
The Cultural Exchange Project
AlumniAfter graduating college, I knew the time was ripe for traveling abroad. I had long had the idea in my mind that I wanted to spend some time working o...
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Amelia Hoffmann
TEFL Heaven
AlumniI'd always wanted to teach English abroad for the opportunity to travel. There was little luck with the lottery, so teaching and earning money was a g...
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