Viva La Mexico
I am under strict orders to come up with this week’s blog post however Bren and I both decided that we would make this blog more of an ‘announcement’ than an actual post.
A few weeks ago we were debating what to do after our time here in Ethiopia comes to an end. We have both really enjoyed living and working abroad in a completely new and different culture/ environment, we were not too sure whether we wanted to return to the UK (we miss everyone a lot though!). We decided we would look on the internet for paid teaching jobs abroad and if there was nothing suitable we would return to the UK and get work there. I threw myself into job hunting for the two of us, however finding two suitable jobs in the same country was harder than I originally thought especially because I am specifically looking for Psychology positions which are few and far between.
On Tuesday 10th February I came across an advert in the Times Educational Supplement advertising for several positions at a certain school. We decided to go for it and see what happens. Bren applied for the post of Teacher of Biology, and I applied for the post of teacher of Psychology, Sociology and Humanities. The following day, much to our amazement we were asked to take part in a telephone interview on the Wednesday. I spent near enough the whole of Tuesday in complete shock panicking about what I was going to be asked and preparing notes for every possible question!
Wednesday evening came around fairly quickly and I sat down to go through my notes and prepare myself. It was an hour before the school was due to phone, light was fading and the big man upstairs decided to throw me into even more of a panic by giving us a power cut- typical! At 7.15pm the head of secondary at the school finally got through to us (she had been trying for 20 minutes) and so the interview began. Bren went first which made it all the worse as he is very good under pressure and gave some fantastic answers to her questions. Then, it was my turn. It actually wasn’t half as bad as I was expecting and it turned out be quite an enjoyable conversation. Afterwards we both felt it went really well and headed out for a swift G&T/Beer before bed.
We could not believe to find the following day in work an email waiting for us from the school offering us both the teaching positions! Reality sunk in as we weighed up the pros and cons of working in Mexico City. We decided that it is just far too good an opportunity to pass up (especially because the Psychology job was the only post for Psychology advertised in the international jobs section of the Times Ed, the 409 other jobs were predominantly for Science/Maths/English). We would be silly to pass up the opportunity to get paid teaching the subjects we love in a fantastic country like Mexico. We have both accepted the job offers and will be heading over there in the second week of August 2009.
Bren’s placement here finishes beginning to mid June so before returning home for a month or so we are hoping to have a holiday. July will be spent catching up with all our fantastic friends and family, hopefully eating and drinking lots of nice food and wine/beer! We will be returning to the UK more frequently during our time in Mexico compared to over here- I can’t face another year away from the Christmas Markets! See you all soon. xxx
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:36 pm
That’s great news! congrats!
although I must admit, I am slightly saddened that you guys are going to be away for even longer!