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    To Travel Hopelessly

    By English Teacher X

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    About this ebook

    English Teacher X, a legendary figure in the world of TEFL, follows up his debut book with this raw, lurid, and vivid memoir of his first five years teaching English abroad.

    In 1995, after a year of aimless wandering, a young man answered an ad in a newspaper in Bangkok and inadvertently became English Teacher X, working, in the next five years, in seven different cities in five different countries.

    From a tropical island paradise in Thailand to an industrial hellhole of Post-Soviet Russia, English Teacher X describes, in violent imagery, the life of an English teacher overseas, encountering dishonest and exploitative employers, degenerate colleagues, gold-hearted prostitutes and cold-hearted English groupies, with plenty of drugs and alcohol for all, all the while questing in vain for the Authentic Cultural Experience.

    English Teacher X's world serves as a cautionary tale for young people going overseas to teach, or a titillating taste of the many perks of the darker side of English teaching.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEnglish Teacher X
    Release dateMay 20, 2011
    ISBN9781458011787
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    To Travel Hopelessly
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    English Teacher X

    English Teacher X is a twenty-year veteran of many bizarre adventures in many bizarre countries, while working in many bizarre English language schools. He has worked in Russia, Thailand, Korea, Saudi Arabia, the USA, and has taught all ages from 2-year-old to senior citizens. His website is www.englishteacherx.com.

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