| How do you wake up in the morning? Does an alarm | | | | aren't a morning person and find that you get more |
| ring in your ear at 7am telling you to get up and get | | | | done at nights, then it could be just what you are |
| ready for work? Or do you just know that you need | | | | looking for. Having afternoon classes allows me the |
| to be in the office by 830am and you naturally wake | | | | freedom to do what I want during the day. This could |
| up at 7am? For many people this is how they start | | | | be just sitting and drinking coffee or maybe exploring |
| their day. However, I wake up and get out of bed | | | | the Chinese food and culture. Teaching in Taiwan |
| when I feel ready. I am in no rush. Yes, I work and I | | | | gives you that opportunity to free up most of your day |
| have a job. I am an English teacher in Taiwan and that | | | | to do things you want to do. It could be anything from |
| is how I start my day. For many people the idea of | | | | learning Chinese or pursuing other personal interests. |
| teaching English doesn't excite them, but if you are | | | | Whatever it is you'll have plenty of time to do what |
| looking for a change of pace or would just like to get | | | | you want. |
| out of your current daily grind then it might be | | | | Another great thing about being an English teacher in |
| something you are considering. Teaching English in | | | | Taiwan is that for the most part my work is relatively |
| Taiwan, like any job, has its advantages and | | | | stress free. I am not a sales person. I don't like to push |
| disadvantages. Regardless, I can't think of many other | | | | people into buying something I know they don't want. It |
| jobs that pay as well but give me as much freedom | | | | is probably this that lead me to teaching in the first |
| as teaching English does. | | | | place. At work, I am relatively free to do what I want. I |
| I am not a morning person. I don't hate the mornings, | | | | know my job and I know what I need to do. As long |
| but I hate waking up thinking I have to be somewhere | | | | as I do it I am left alone. If you are sick of sitting in a |
| by 9am. I prefer to go at my own pace. Being a | | | | cubicle and having your boss walk past every few |
| teacher here in Taiwan allows me to do that. I start | | | | minutes, this change of work place environment might |
| work usually in the afternoons and I finish at nights. | | | | be what you are looking for. There aren't many jobs |
| That kind of schedule isn't for everyone, but if you | | | | that give you as much freedom as teaching does. |