Work

So I have been here for a little over 3 weeks. I still have yet to work a day here. Hell I don't even know if I have a job yet. I was told that I had a job when I came over here, but once I arrived in country, I found out that I had to interview for the job.

I had the interview about 2 or 3 days ago. It was one of the strangest interviews I have had. It took about 5 minutes. The questions had almost nothing to do with teaching, or classroom management. The sort of questions one would expect for a teaching job. The questions were, what is the difference between TEFL and TESL. Not a real whole lot of difference in the two term. They followed that up, by asking which was taught in Saudi. Then they asked me what linguistics was. I answered that. The last question was, did I think my month long course in CELTA in March qualified me to teach in Saudi. I said yes, with the four years of ESL teaching that I do have. So yes I do believe that I am qualified to teach here. Hell, I am more qualified than the majority of teachers that interviewed on the same day as I did. I have the most experience teaching.

So I am still waiting to hear the outcome of the interview. On a positive note. I am getting paid today!!! I am getting paid for the time I have been here. Not too bad considering I have not done jack since arriving in country.