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know what's worse than working where I work?

working anywhere else.

I can't see myself enjoying programming for hire.

And I certainly can't see myself in one of those Jobs Everyone Has, where they sit in a cubicle with a phone headset on all day and take customer service calls, or telemarket...

And the thing about my Dream Job of teaching English in a foreign land, or maybe even just here in Phoenix... the thing is, I haven't taught anyone anything in a long time. And I certainly haven't had any experience in education. Where would I even start?

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[cynica.livejournal.com]

Where would I even start?

http://coe.asu.edu/

I believe the Education Department has lots of distance-learning programs so you may be able to do it all from home if you needed to.

[glitter-ninja.livejournal.com]

Aw yeah, baby, I'm sitting here in a cubicle with a headset on right now. Your revenge for that one time I gloated about your misfortune is complete. I lose.

Trust me...

[lautreamontg.livejournal.com]

Teaching English for a private company in Japan, all that is necessary is a pulse and "American" looks (i.e. Asian-Americans not desired). That being said, you're more or less either a well paid slave or a well paid space filler. JET program is less abusive, but still fraught with difficulty and the chances of being placed in a non-metropolitan area are high, which is a good thing in my book considering my goals in going to Japan, but fairly sucky for anyone who wants to meet age cohorts.
I also had a friend who taught English in Thailand. The pay is much less, but the prices are fractional compared to Japan. You also get to work with the most amoral skeeziest people possible in that kind of place (drug addicts, whore-mongers and missionaries in an ascending scale of skeeze). Still he had a fun time. I've heard second hand that teaching in Korea in like teaching in Japan, only with more open contempt and apartment sizes that make Tokyo look like Phoenix. Less chance of official harrassment though. Teaching in China is actually a real blast, if you can stand very low pay. A guy in my department helps recruit people to teach in Kashgar in far Western China (Uighurstan actually). Despite it's reputation, it's quite safe for foreigners and quite possibly the most exotic and far out your can get for a year. I know there's also a program for Mongolia as well.
Once you get your feet wet teaching English outside America, despite having no other qualifications, most schools owned by companies from the nation which has a large expat community in America usually will pick you up on that, though I don't know of any such schools outside of L.A. San Fran, Seattle and Honolulu. My cousin went that route after coming back from Japan until he decided to get married, which required a move to Long Beach.