Yes, so I have a "steady" job now. I'm in the process of waiting for my FM2 to be completed which will allow me to work legally in Mexico. Right now, I am working illegally under another coworker's name and getting paid cash under the table. It's very funny to me to see the other side as we so often think of the Mexicans coming to America to "steal" our jobs and getting paid cash under the table.
Anyway, the hours are short. I only teach one class a day on average, and they're usually at night. From 6:00-8:00 pm or 7:30-9:00 are my normal shifts and Saturday mornings 10:30-1:30. The pay is good, the hours are short, so it's pretty much what I want. Enough to feel some sort of production in my life, but short enough to where I can live like I'm on permanent summer vacation: staying out late, sleeping in late, eating long breakfasts. "Life is only as good as you let it be." (maybe misquoted, Charles Bukowski)
Also, the classes are small from private classes (1 student, 1 teacher) to my largest class of 4 students. Berlitz is the most expensive school in Monterrey and most of our students are adults working in large corporations. Very few pay out of pocket, most are sponsored by their jobs to learn ESL for their job. A few students who are wealthy or have wealthy parents do take our classes just to make themselves more marketable in the future.
I am happy here and really enjoy my students, coworkers, and boss. However, in the future, I would definitely prefer to work in a more academic setting. With lower to middle-class students as opposed to upper-class. I don't know why this is, but I've always felt more of a desire to help those who are less fortunate; this likely stems from my days as a social worker.
A few other cool things about my work is it's downtown and really close to my house. I can walk there in 10 minutes and can bike their in 5 minutes of weaving through traffic. Another is that Berlitz is international, so after a year here, I can transfer to pretty much any country I like. I'm thinking about going back to Japan or maybe Thailand.
Other than work, I've been going out a lot, reading, biking, killing mosquitoes, making friends, cooking some basic Mexican food, watching a lot of movies and my poor, struggling Cardinals.
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man, thats totally different than i imagined your "teaching job" to be. other than that, it sounds like you are a leech on the mexican community. the borders should be closed, and you deserve to be deported immediately.
yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. come to asia and I'll visit your ass.
Came across your blog again--sounds like you are living the life of Riley! We had dinner with your M & D and Jeff last Friday night at El Nepals--genuine Mexican! You missed a good time. Take care.
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