Thanks for the feedback everyone. I think it would be a good idea to spend some time at home and I could try to get a qualification. I love living in Spain but don’t want to waste my life in TEFL jobs without progression. I’ve noticed way too many older teachers working and getting paid the same as me some of them have 20 years plus experience on me I think the quality of life here can be a bit of a trap when we get a few years down the life and want to think about buying a house and kids etc. I don’t want to be in the same position forever for pretty low to average pay and don’t see much else progression teaching English.
I’m just curious to see how I would fit in again. I do miss live music and arts culture that I think the UK does better. But the Spanish speed of life is hard to pass up. I really don’t mind the rain and seasons I’m in the north of Spain so it rains a lot here. I think the hardest thing for me would be the short winter nights but I guess it’s balanced out by long summer nights. I may even try a different career I trained as a carpenter before going to university to study music and fell into teaching. I hear trades jobs are super in demand and highly payed in the UK now so may look into re entering that sector.
Thanks for the feedback everyone. I think it would be a good idea to spend some time at home and I could try to get a qualification. I love living in Spain but don’t want to waste my life in TEFL jobs without progression. I’ve noticed way too many older teachers working and getting paid the same as me some of them have 20 years plus experience on me I think the quality of life here can be a bit of a trap when we get a few years down the life and want to think about buying a house and kids etc. I don’t want to be in the same position forever for pretty low to average pay and don’t see much else progression teaching English.
I’m just curious to see how I would fit in again. I do miss live music and arts culture that I think the UK does better. But the Spanish speed of life is hard to pass up. I really don’t mind the rain and seasons I’m in the north of Spain so it rains a lot here. I think the hardest thing for me would be the short winter nights but I guess it’s balanced out by long summer nights. I may even try a different career I trained as a carpenter before going to university to study music and fell into teaching. I hear trades jobs are super in demand and highly payed in the UK now so may look into re entering that sector.
Thank you