Teaching Traveling: Welcome to Michelle Aitken of “Go Teach Thailand!” Michelle, tell us a bit about your background.
Michelle: At the time of writing I’m 25 and I graduated from Liverpool John Moore’s University back in 2008. I’ve wanted to be a teacher for most of my life, but after getting a bit of experience under my belt and discussing my career path with a teacher and mentor, I realised that I [...Read More!]
Welcome to Britany Robinson, who has a wonderful story of shifting her volunteer efforts from elephants to children in Thailand. Take it away, Britany!
I am an aspiring travel writer who has just completed my first big trip. For the past two months, I explored Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand. For one month of this journey, I had the opportunity to live in a small village in northern Thailand where I [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Welcome to Valerie Hamer! Valerie, tell us about yourself.
Valerie: I am British, and in summer 2000 I moved to Tokyo for a couple of years. I’m still in Asia, though I now live in South Korea. In the UK I taught sociology and criminology at university, so teaching English was a new challenge.
These days I work at a university near Seoul, a great job that gives me a lot [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Welcome to Adam Pervez, “corporate tool turned nomadic idealist,” teaching and volunteering his way across the world!
Tell us a bit about your background, Adam.
Adam: I’m 29-years-old and from Strongsville, Ohio, USA. I’m an electrical engineer who worked in the Persian Gulf for an oil services company. When I realized I was actively contributing toward making the planet a worse place, I went back to school for an MBA [...Read More!]