WHO IS ENGLISH TEACHER X?
He's an American in his late thirties who has been teaching English abroad since 1995. He's taught in seven cities in five countries, to all levels and ages, and is currently working in provincial Russia. He's been teaching English since before it was COOL to teach English.
English Teacher X has no wife, no home, no serious girlfriend (but a number of unstable ones) and about enough money saved to buy a five-year-old Nissan Sentra in relatively good condition. He's here to help.
WHY IS THIS PAGE HERE?
To battle against the completely dishonest and inaccurate pseudo-professionalism of English teaching abroad that has become rampant on the Internet, and provide some real facts about the business.
WHY IS THE WEBSITE SO DAMN CRUDE AND AMATEURISH?
Well, I teach English, not computer science. I'm learning as I go. I do it myself on my Pentium III notebook using Microsoft Front Page. So send me some money if you want all slick and glossy.
WHAT'S UP WITH THAT CARTOON? IS IT A SNOWMAN, OR WHAT?
Well, not exactly, the idea is of a kind of blank slate, a featureless being. See, I was talking to some friends a couple years ago about three girls I was going out with and we were speculating how they, all of them being very different, could like me, the same guy. I suggested I was like a blank canvas on which the foreign woman could imprint the man of her dreams, and I scribbled this little cartoon down on a napkin, and the die was cast.
HOW CAN I CONTACT ENGLISH TEACHER X?
CAN I SEND YOU SOMETHING?
Most definitely. Got a funny story? Something to get off your chest? A helpful classroom activity that doesn't involve a lot of slicing up little pieces of paper? Send it to English Teacher X. Maybe I'll post it.
WHY DO YOU CONTINUE TEACHING ENGLISH IF YOU HATE IT SO MUCH?
I don't hate English teaching, I hate the shitty, dishonest, exploitative schools that make up so much of the work in this job.
Time to pass the hat. English Teacher X makes no profit whatsoever off this page. If you enjoyed yourself here, maybe you'd like to buy me a drink? You can do so using this safe and quick method. Brother can you spare a dime?