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JimS   
6 Nov 2012
Work / Looking To Move To Poland Within The Near Future. Teaching English or IT? [18]

Hello,

this is my first post, so apologies if I get anything wrong.

My situation is that I'm living in Canterbury and looking to move towards Szczecin in the near future. A reasonable time frame would be within the next 2-3 years. I'm 22 and I've spend a long time messing around, trying to find out what I want to do with my life, making some poor decisions and generally being stupid, but I'm willing to put that chapter behind me now. I'm relatively unskilled and unqualified, with GCSEs only, but I've got time to study and get sorted out, I just need to find out what I can do to get what I want.

I speak a tiny bit of Polish, but I'm limited to some words and a few phrases. I want to learn the language fluently though and I've been looking at the evening classes they have in Folkestone. I think they'll be starting again in Spring, if I remember correctly.

I like the idea of teaching English and I have some aptitude for language, but I don't seem to meet the entry requirements for CELTA as they seem to want a degree. Is there another way of getting in?

I've also looked at starting out in I.T. with a view to getting into network engineering, which generally I have much less aptitude for, from what I can see. I feel very anxious about starting out from the bottom in this and I have little idea of what the job ultimately entails or what the situation with I.T. jobs are in Poland.

I would be grateful for any suggestions or help anyone could give.

Many thanks,

Jim.
JimS   
6 Nov 2012
Work / Looking To Move To Poland Within The Near Future. Teaching English or IT? [18]

I suppose that in my defence, I can say that I've tried a few different things and explored a lot of career options since leaving school. Graphic designer, Plumber and Healthcare Assistant to name a few. Call me a misery, but I've come to the conclusion that there's no such thing as a dream career. Anything for a reasonable wage is generally unpleasant - it's just all about having some aptitude and most importantly, the right attitude. I'd say that 9/10 of my failings in life are due to poor attitude and lack of confidence. I can honestly say that if teaching gave me what I want, I could stick it out and make a go at it. I'll admit though that there's a little haste and desperation in the mix because I've been scraping a living as a cleaner for over a year now.

Sending out emails to learning centres with enquiries as we speak...
JimS   
6 Nov 2012
Work / Looking To Move To Poland Within The Near Future. Teaching English or IT? [18]

Can I ask why you are looking to move there, of all places?

Perhaps he has family or "a bird" there!

I've got some family and friends outside Szczecin, in a small town. Szczecin I just mentioned as I thought it would be more recognisable and where all the work would be at. True, it's not so pretty, but I prefer it to London. Gocław is not recommended though... I've been spending a lot of time with my folks there these past couple of years and just really fell in love with the lifestyle (although of course it's not without fault and there's obvious cultural differences). The improvement in the quality of food and women is a big bonus though!

I too have heard some stories about people earning a half decent wage teaching privately in small towns. There's a young guy who took a language course of unknown type, roughly about my age who's teaching privately to a woman who's English has become a bit rusty. Apparently he's making a living wage off of it. I'm currently trying to chase him up and squeeze some information out of him.